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Nuclear should be considered part of clean energy standard, White House says

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425 points nixass | 1 comments | 02 Apr 21 18:00 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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beders ◴[02 Apr 21 21:26 UTC] No.26676182[source]▶
Solar is now the cheapest form of energy. Ever.

Before you try to sink billions into nuclear energy, explain why we can't do it with solar + storage alone? Just one good reason. I've yet to hear anything substantive. All I keep hearing is soundbites from the nuclear and fossil fuel industry.

All is missing is the political will, not technology.

Use nuclear for situations in which there are no alternatives. Rovers on Mars or something.

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1. stjohnswarts ◴[03 Apr 21 13:45 UTC] No.26680974[source]▶
because there is no storage that can handle natural disasters like week long blizzards or hurricanes that wipe out power for weeks. Also these same disasters destroy solar arrays a lot faster than nuclear facilities which are build to survive such natural disasters. Are you going to ask communities to do without power for a couple years while they rebuild the local solar array? We need both. But people just don't seem to be able to put two and two together.