| There are plenty of articles telling me that renewables are already cheaper than nuclear. Articles are poping up that those small scale reactors are also getting more and more expensive. Wouldn't they not just succeed if they would deliver what they promis? There are also plenty of articles telling me that all of those nuclear power plant projetcts took longer and are more expensive than they thought, including the last example of this "Olkiluoto Nuclear Power Plant". Uran is not limitless and thorium is not finished being researched as far as i know. And at the end of the day, you still have to handel radiactive waste. While this is going on, PV, Wind and Batteries are getting cheaper. Btw. we will have plenty of capacity available sooner than later. My EV has 100 kWh and this is already enough to buffer a whole house for heating and lights in winter. All those EV batteries will be used for secondary live after normal lifetime soon. Regarding costs: i read the opposite that the prices are going down faster than people originally thought they would. Would our world look different today if we globally agree on just doing nuclear? Doing proper research with proper money behind it and aligning globally? Yes. Did we do it? No. So what gives? I bet you the world would look better than today if everyone would vote me in as the leader of earth. My point is: I can investe in PV, EV etc. now. I don't have to ask anyone so i do. People in rural areas can do that too, poor people as well. PV/Wind and batteries are a fundamentally great thing to have and there might be a reality out there with so much nuclear power so that you could make h2 or methan for cars and heat houses by just converting it 1:1 but batteries and heat pumps are smart technology to have. |