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LiberaBlueDem

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4. Nuclear power plants are to blame

Reply to sl8 (Original post)

Mon Apr 22, 2024, 04:46 PM

Apr 2024

Nuclear must run 24/7 .... there is no turning nukes off or limiting output. Once they are burning they keep burning no matter how much the sun shines. Gasplants, OTOH, can be turned on and off with ease.

The solution is batteries which nuclear can keep full and which can store solar power when not used. Too many people make a fuss over solar when what needs to happen is storage for excess nuclear and solar.

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California has so much solar power it's throwing it away [View all] sl8 Apr 2024 OP

The effect of making electricity worthess is destructive... NNadir Apr 2024 #1

The economic viability of our wind and solar follies are entirely dependent on fossil fuels... hunter Apr 2024 #2

Watch it. Mark Z. Jacobson, asshole, sues people who criticize him. NNadir Apr 2024 #3

Nuclear power plants are to blame LiberaBlueDem Apr 2024 #4

Car batteries will fill with solar LiberaBlueDem Apr 2024 #5

Anyone talking about batteries on a gas dependent grid is embracing a very, very, very, very bad idea. NNadir Apr 2024 #6

Nukes are 35% efficient LiberaBlueDem Apr 2024 #7

I will try to respond to this misinformation as gently as is possible. NNadir Apr 2024 #8

Yes, well LiberaBlueDem Apr 2024 #9

This message was self-deleted by its author NNadir Apr 2024 #10

Really 5000 "degrees," higher than the boiling point of zirconium metal? NNadir Apr 2024 #11

I understand your frustration and angst LiberaBlueDem Apr 2024 #12

The antinuke cults, like all cults, are immune from correction by information. NNadir Apr 2024 #13

A little light Ontheboundry May 2024 #14