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gandalfian ◴[] No.43623573[source]
And yet sometimes I wonder. In the Uk you need most of your energy in the cold dark winter. So if you require enough non solar renewables to get you through the winter with net zero and those renewables are still available in the summer time are large scale solar not a bit redundant? Sunnier countries that have high electricity demand for air conditioning during the sunny periods would seem to have a better match mind.
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1. mr_toad ◴[] No.43625318[source]
The UK might to think nuclear, if only so that it isn’t totally reliant on a foreign power for its nuclear deterrent.
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2. tim333 ◴[] No.43627064[source]
We have a few reactors and used to make bombs, the first tested in 1952. It's been a bit outsourced to the US these days though which might end up changing.