[ViewTrick1002]

Or just build renewables and storage.

[phendrenad2]

And once the world is covered in non-operational solar panels and wind turbines, you think we'll be able to fix it? You think a massive worldwide recycling campaign is going to be easier than nuclear?

[ViewTrick1002]

Why would they be less operational than any other asset we use in our grids which we continuously repair, replace and upgrade?

[phendrenad2]

It's all about watts per pound of stuff that will need replaced

[adrianN]

We’re pretty good at making lots of simple stuff like solar panels. We’re less good at building small numbers of complex things like reactors.

[phendrenad2]

I agree, but my point was this aversion to complexity is our version of the fermi paradox. We're accumulating scars from our addiction to fossil fuels, and beyond that solar, and it's a matter of time before we go extinct as a result.

[ViewTrick1002]

In what way does solar leave scars?