Kaz_55 t1_jebslq1 wrote on March 30, 2023 at 9:29 PM

Reply to comment by Harinezumisan 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

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 on March 30, 2023 at 9:48 PM

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 on March 31, 2023 at 9:12 AM

>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.