Harinezumisan t1_jebkibr wrote
Reply to comment by Kaz_55 in The European Union to nearly double the share of renewables in the 27-nation bloc's energy consumption by 2030 amid efforts to become carbon neutral and ditch Russian fossil fuels. by chrisdh79
Perhaps with thorium it could but somehow that development seems to be stuck sadly.
Kaz_55 t1_jebslq1 wrote
No. As per the paper cited in the article:
>In the following section, we will now articulate an important limit to scalability that applies to all forms of nuclear power, whether fusion or fission, uranium or thorium.
The scalability issue is inherent to nuclear technology. Nuclear is many things, but not a solution to terrestial power generation let alone is it gonnasave us from global warming. Renewables are the only source of electricity that is actually scalable.
Harinezumisan t1_jebvetj wrote
We don't need a solution but solutions. A benign nuclear solution would be a part. But of course nuclear is tiny compared to hydro etc ...
Kaz_55 t1_jedwu53 wrote
>A benign nuclear solution would be a part.
There is no "benign nuclear solution". Nuclear is hands down the most expensive and impractical way to phase out fossil fuels. It is neither econimically viable nor can it compete with renewables in scalability or the timeframe needed to replace fossil fuels.
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