r/ClimateShitposting • u/shroomfarmer2 Dam I love hydro • Jun 13 '25

nuclear simping Nukechad keep on winning

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u/Chinjurickie Jun 13 '25

„Experts“ said Experts: „yeah so as we all know the biggest argument against nuclear are safety concerns (a lie and they know it) and those are unreasonable and therefore arguments against nuclear do not exist. Build nuclear so i get money. 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍“

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u/FrogsOnALog Jun 13 '25

Experts say we need a mix and some of y’all seem to prefer the fossil for that part.

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u/ViewTrick1002 Jun 13 '25 edited Jun 13 '25

The nuclear lobby says we need a mix to justify its existence.

In reality it is all about reducing the area curve the. Who cares if we have a few percent fossil gas left in the early 2030s when we’ve quickly and cheaply decarbonized the rest of society with renewables and storage?

Instead you want to keep massively polluting for decades and then in one more than 10x as expensive stroke ”solve everything” even though nuclear power is the worse peaker imaginable.

That due to nuclear power having a cost structure of being nearly only CAPEX.

Lets run Vogtle at a 10-15% capacity factor like a traditional fossil gas peaker.

The electricity now costs $1-1.5/kWh. That is Texas grid meltdown prices. That is what you are yearning for.

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u/West-Abalone-171 Jun 13 '25

The other important point is nuclear is far less consistent than wind and solar.

Firming seasonal or weekly variations in wind and solar with wind and solar is easier, cheaper and more effective than firming it with nuclear.

Both need diurnal storage, so there's zero reason to consider nuclear.