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EU court rules nuclear energy is clean energy

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1041 points mpweiher | 3 comments | 12 Sep 25 18:18 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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jama211 ◴[12 Sep 25 19:19 UTC] No.45225631[source]▶
I’m totally fine with nuclear honestly, but I feel like I don’t understand something. No one seems to be able to give me a straight answer with proper facts that explain why we couldn’t just make a whole load more renewable energy generators instead. Sure, it might cost more, but in theory any amount of power a nuclear plant would generate could also be achieved with large amounts of renewables no?
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1. boringg ◴[12 Sep 25 20:50 UTC] No.45226616[source]▶
Different energy product. And it doesn't preclude renewable energy from being deployed alongside.

This pitting of renewables vs nuclear is not helpful for renewables or nuclear. They both work well together.

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2. dalyons ◴[13 Sep 25 20:10 UTC] No.45234947[source]▶
They don’t actually. Renewables on the grid make nukes uneconomical.
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3. boringg ◴[15 Sep 25 13:38 UTC] No.45249609[source]▶
No actually they don't. Not sure which market your talking about but I can assure you that re-investing in nuclear power is the right choice for long term energy capability for humans.