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by fundatus 54 days ago
> Alas, it is exactly the intermittent renewables that create a dependency on fossil fuels.

First of all, this is an insane statement.

> Unless you have nuclear

Second of all, with nuclear most countries will still be dependent on other countries for their fuel needs. So it doesn't solve the problem discussed here at all.

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Stockpiling uranium ore, or lowly enriched uranium is much simpler than stockpiling natural gas.