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Germany shutting down last nuclear power plants on April 15th
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SiliconWizard:
And in any case, even 10 years is not reasonable. Who really thinks we can have "renewables" at a level that can make us get rid of nuclear (+ all the horribly polluting like coal) within 10 years?
Seriously?
james_s:
Idealistic people that have no real grasp of just how much energy is required to run modern society.
BravoV:

--- Quote from: SiliconWizard on April 12, 2023, 11:58:33 pm ---Who really thinks we can have "renewables" at a level that can make us get rid of nuclear (+ all the horribly polluting like coal) within 10 years?
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According to the Great Goddess Greta Thunberg.  >:D


--- Quote from: SiliconWizard on April 12, 2023, 11:58:33 pm ---Seriously?
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Why not ? Spoke at the podium of United Nation conferences, UN summits, many mores and even Nobel prize nominated, what could go wrong ?  :-//  :-DD
Halcyon:

--- Quote from: SiliconWizard on April 12, 2023, 11:58:33 pm ---And in any case, even 10 years is not reasonable. Who really thinks we can have "renewables" at a level that can make us get rid of nuclear (+ all the horribly polluting like coal) within 10 years?
Seriously?

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It's a complete and utter pipe dream.

Even down here where the sun shines brightly and about 1 in 3 homes on average have solar panels, "only" about 30% of our power comes from renewables. It's no where near the capacity to support reliable, sustained baseload.

Maybe AU can buy the reactors from Germany for cheap?  ;D
james_s:
Solar panels bring their own problems too. I'm not suggesting they're not worth it, but there is a significant environmental cost to mining and transporting the materials, manufacturing the panels, packing, transporting, delivering and installing the panels, and then all the equipment that goes into a complete system. Ultimately they will probably offset this and then some over the life of the panels but it is still something to consider.
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