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by lnsru 152 days ago
The question is not if renewables can replace nuclear. Obviously it is technically possible. The question is how many times bigger should be installed peak power of renewables. 20x? 50x? And of course if it’s economically viable. Because China does not gamble with renewables. They build nuclear capacity at unprecedented levels.
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> Because China does not gamble with renewables. They build nuclear capacity at unprecedented levels.

You have that backwards. In 2025 China installed 100x as much solar as nuclear.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46638024