[deleted] t1_iqu7r5z wrote
sunsparkda t1_iqukwvj wrote
Then invest your life savings in a nuclear project.
What's that? You don't what to risk losing your money if the project goes bad, and don't want to or can't afford to wait for a decade plus to see any returns if it does come online?
Gee, wonder why other people aren't doing what you aren't willing to.
JonA3531 t1_iquu77i wrote
>Idk why ppl are so afraid of nuclear power.
because of this:
>Sure, they cost a good bit up front,
scitzo85z t1_iqvgt9d wrote
Little short sighted. It pays off over the life of the reactor. Sometimes you need to make sort term sacrifice for long term gain.
nerevisigoth t1_iqulung wrote
You also need to consider the capacity factor, which tops out around 30-35% for wind and 20-25% for solar. So with 300 MW wind and 50 MW solar nameplate capacity the best we can expect is average output of around 120 MW.
Nuclear has a capacity factor of >90% since it only ever stops for maintenance, so a single 1.1 GW reactor (eg an AP1000) is like 8x this plant.
But at least in the US we have plenty of otherwise useless windy land and it's incredibly expensive to build a nuclear plant, so maybe this is the way to go.
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