Neker t1_iveicef wrote
Reply to comment by DM_me_ur_tacos in Nuclear Shutdowns Have Already Harmed the Planet: Every year, avoidable nuclear power plant shutdowns release CO2 emissions equivalent to 37 African countries by 233C
It all depends wether you prefer to trust investment bankers or climate scientists.
Also, wind and solar do not exist. It is always wind and solar and an equal dispatchable capacity, which is most often fossil-burning, carbon-spewing. A true comparison would include the cost of these double infrastructure and double-maintenance, as well as the costs of continuing emissions of carbon dioxide.
This oft-cited Lazard study completely ignores one fundamental characteristic of electric grids : production is strictly on-demand, zero-stock and zero-delay.
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