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by dragontamer 38 days ago
No?

Natural Gas would crush these numbers at far less $$ invested.

All of this crap is apples vs bananas. It's all fake made up metrics

Strangely enough: natural gas is probably the better comparison because at least natural gas is a peaker / grid stabilization technology.

Batteries are energy storage while nuclear I base load. It's the most nonsensical comparison I can possibly think of.

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Energy storage should be compared vs energy storage. How is a battery vs compressed air? How is Li-ion vs Lead Acid? How is Pumped Hydro vs Li Ion?