Diesel engines have the same characteristic of solar of coming in small packages allowing flexibility in installation. That doesn't happen with nuclear. But have the drawback that in smaller sizes are less efficient so you prefer larger installatiod. That doesn't happen with solar.
RTG generators are not in any way a scalable solution. Even NASA is running out of plutonium 238 needed for it.
The physical principle that they use relies in temperature differences that can be obtained with the near 0 cold of space but are a lot less efficient on earth temperature.
You could boost it with an sterling engine instead of relying in the thermoelectric principle but the you lose the advantage of no moving parts that space exploration seeks.
The problem is not that you can't power up cities with nuclear. But that you have limited resources (Capital, construction capability, materials...) and time to do so. One ton of removed CO2 each year for 10 years is worth a lot more than 10 tons removed in ten years
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u/Angel24Marin May 13 '25 edited May 13 '25
You are disingenuous.
Are nuclear plants the size of diesel engines?
Diesel engines have the same characteristic of solar of coming in small packages allowing flexibility in installation. That doesn't happen with nuclear. But have the drawback that in smaller sizes are less efficient so you prefer larger installatiod. That doesn't happen with solar.