[bryanlarsen]

But we wouldn't need 50%, we'd need .05%

[wait_a_minute]

That depends on how much more efficient solar panels get and what future energy requirements are, but in any case it'll be worse to scale energy creation with solar than with nuclear.

[bryanlarsen]

We'll never substantially increase our energy demand if we don't reduce our energy cost. And since nuclear is horrendously expensive, it won't scale.

[kragen]

i would instead say that as long as nuclear energy is horrendously expensive, it won't scale. but nuclear energy is not inherently horrendously expensive; it's just that human technology is very primitive still