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by Gwypaas 1030 days ago
Exactly as I said. Nuclear was the right choice in the 70s. At that time the climate as a question did not exist, it was only about energy independence.

Today the equivalent choice when rebuilding our energy systems are renewables.

Case in point, already in 2021 renewables delivered more TWh globally per year than all existing nuclear [1], we are still early in the buildout. The tender in 2024/25 for German north sea wind auctions will be ~10 GW. [2]

[1]: https://imgur.com/JYMNAWR

[2]: https://www.spglobal.com/commodityinsights/en/market-insight...

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Nice thanks, that's a really cool graph. It is very promising and I like how windmill farms can probably be constructed to be a little bit more resistant to sabotage than nuclear power plants are, should it ever come to that level of strain.