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by mbbutler 1542 days ago
> It is wrong to frame the argument as wind/solar versus everything else. The argument should be carbon versus no carbon. Period.

I am framing it as carbon vs no carbon. A new nuclear plant's timeline to carbon-neutrality compared to the counterfactual where an equal capital investment is made in solar/wind is well over a decade. Given the time crunch we are on to lower emissions, I simply do not think we have the time to waste building new plants. That said, we should not be decommissioning plants that are still operable.

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How much massive grid batteries could built within 10 years?