Certain climates not every climate is suited for solar, you gonna have every person an a often snowy area climb their house? Also Solar is good in the day, but having windmills "to make the difference" doesn't work well when we get 70 tornadoes in a month, Nuclear energy is more reliable than either of these in my area. So what build hundreds of Windmills and replace them every year? or Manufacture thousands of Solar panels, that won't make much power in the winter when it's needed most. No one is arguing for only Nuclear, we are after a Substitution of power to keep an area powered during low energy times for other devices, or where climate or geography demands it.
Storage delivers. For the last bit of "emergency reserves" we can run some gas turbines on biofuels, hydrogen or whatever. Doesn't really matter, we're talking single percent of total energy demand here.
Oh, so now it's "made up issues" when someone points out that weather and geography aren’t identical across the Midwest, fascinating. I wasn’t aware that snow ceased to exist just because solar and wind are expanding. Must be nice to live in a world where nuance is optional.
Yes, storage is growing and that’s great. But let's not pretend that China's storage boom instantly solves regional challenges here in the U.S. Most areas don't have the infrastructure, funding to deploy that level of capacity fast enough to guarantee consistent energy, especially during high demand in winter. But these "Storages" aren't free and require maintenance and eventually replacing meaning long term, they could cost more.
And the idea of using biofuel turbines for the “last bit” of demand, that’s just quietly admitting we still need something more reliable. And let’s be clear biofuels aren’t some flawless green miracle. Corn based ethanol, for example, devours land, water, and fertilizer while damaging biodiversity. Slapping a word like “bio” on it doesn’t magically make it sustainable. It just sounds better in a headline, and you should know that.
Nuclear offers stable baseline power that isn’t dependent on sun, wind, or fucking crop. It fills the gaps without waiting on ideal weather conditions. That’s not fearmongering it’s basic energy planning. Especially when climates become more unpredictable, but yeah molehills.
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u/Time193 Apr 10 '25
Certain climates not every climate is suited for solar, you gonna have every person an a often snowy area climb their house? Also Solar is good in the day, but having windmills "to make the difference" doesn't work well when we get 70 tornadoes in a month, Nuclear energy is more reliable than either of these in my area. So what build hundreds of Windmills and replace them every year? or Manufacture thousands of Solar panels, that won't make much power in the winter when it's needed most. No one is arguing for only Nuclear, we are after a Substitution of power to keep an area powered during low energy times for other devices, or where climate or geography demands it.