[UltraSane]

" I am against it now because we have other safer, cheaper, and more sustainable options."

Not if you want 100% reliable power with no CO2 emissions.

[thinkingtoilet]

If you start a plant today, it's probably a decade before it comes online. At this point, solar is more than enough for most places if we invested in it and subsidized it like we do for coal and oil. Batteries are improving rapidly and another decade will be a massive difference. I just don't see it making sense to start a new plant.

[Moldoteck]

it'll be just perfect in that period considering you also need firm power on top of vre and hydro is tapped

[UltraSane]

A decade is nothing. Humans will need low carbon electricity forever. People like you treat batteries like a religion.