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fungussa t1_iwds45k wrote

Reply to comment by BrokeVic in Rooftop Solar Is Becoming More Accessible to People with Lower Incomes, But Not Fast Enough - Inside Climate News by darth_nadoma

Nuclear is necessary but wholly insufficient, as nuclear:

  • has very long commissioning time

  • more expensive than renewables and the costs are divergent. Solar is halving in cost every 5 years.

  • proliferation risks

  • spent fuel containment

  • very poor horizontal scalability

  • it's carbon footprint is no better than wind and only fractionally better than solar

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