RSS BotMB to Hacker NewsEnglish · 2 months agoEurope asks if reviving nuclear is the answer to energy shockswww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square9linkfedilinkarrow-up131arrow-down10file-text
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minus-squareViatorOmnium@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·2 months agoInvesting in nuclear makes sense if we invent a time machine to start building the power stations about 20 years ago. Since we don’t have time machines, what we need is to increase renewable energy production and storage capacity, in the fastest time frame possible.
minus-squareCheeseNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down2·2 months agoWhy not both? People have been complaining nuclear takes too long to build for several times longer than nuclear takes to build.
minus-squareViatorOmnium@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down2·2 months agoBecause we don’t have infinite resources, so we need to make choices.
minus-squareLuminous5481 "Enemy of the State"@anarchist.nexuslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·2 months agoWell the great thing about it is that they both take different resources!
minus-squareDeckPacker@piefed.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·2 months agoAlso nuclear is just way more expensive than renewables, so we could build way more renewables than nuclear
minus-squarephonics@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoYeah but why not cut down the production time with the use of AI /s
Investing in nuclear makes sense if we invent a time machine to start building the power stations about 20 years ago.
Since we don’t have time machines, what we need is to increase renewable energy production and storage capacity, in the fastest time frame possible.
Why not both? People have been complaining nuclear takes too long to build for several times longer than nuclear takes to build.
Because we don’t have infinite resources, so we need to make choices.
Well the great thing about it is that they both take different resources!
Also nuclear is just way more expensive than renewables, so we could build way more renewables than nuclear
Yeah but why not cut down the production time with the use of AI /s