[JumpCrisscross]

> the simple answer is you overbuild solar to produce enough power even on cloudy days

Which in practice means you put down gas turbines while that overcapacity comes online. Solar + wind + nuclear makes the most sense for decarbonisation amidst demand growth.

[crote]

So how do you propose the energy is supplied in the 20 years it would take for the first nuclear reactors to become offline? Let me guess: gas turbines?

So we either fully rely on gas turbines for the base load for the next 20 years, orrrr we rely on gas turbines during the few days it is both dark and wind-less for the next 20 years.

[bryanlarsen]

That overcapacity can come online a lot faster than new nuclear can be built.

[JumpCrisscross]

> That overcapacity can come online a lot faster than new nuclear can be built

No, it can’t. We’re already building solar as fast as we can, the economics drive that. The marginal supply will come from something else. That margin is what we’re talking about, not the bulk. Most of the new energy will come from solar. But we can’t manufacture and install PVs quickly enough, particularly over the next 20 years, to close the gap.