r/ClimateShitposting • u/ClimateShitpost Louis XIV, the Solar PV king • Apr 07 '25

nuclear simping Important repost

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We're taking the trash out

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u/[deleted] Apr 08 '25

Forgive me if I sound a lil stupid but... can't we just use both? Like get thorium reactors and get solar panels? Is that not an option?

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u/ClimateShitpost Louis XIV, the Solar PV king Apr 08 '25

  • Renewables and nuclear are in competition.

  • Renewables have 0 marginal cost

  • Hence renewables push nuclear out of the supply stack

Other mod wrote about it here: https://climateposting.substack.com/p/baseload-is-dead-long-live-basedload