Another article on Slashdot to express just how doomed we all are because people are burning fossil fuels. I prefer articles telling us how we could solve this problem. It would also be preferable to see some articles recognizing just how far we've come to solve the problem of catastrophic anthropogenic global warming, or CAGW.
There's a part of me that doesn't much care about the problem of CAGW because it doesn't matter if CAGW is a problem or not as what needs to be done is not changed by CAGW being a p
You're not going to see another nuclear plant built in your lifetime as the initial cost is too prohibitive. The price of solar is falling incrementally every year so why not take advantage of all that free energy? I'm sure the government could kick some subsidies into nuke plants but wouldn't that be evil socialism?
You are right about the subsidies for energy being "evil socialism". Let's end all energy subsidies. Solar power exists only because of subsidies, and if they dry up then so does the solar power industry. Nuclear power isn't asking for subsidies, they are asking for permission. Give nuclear power permission and solar power will not be able to compete.
Oh, and solar power is no more "free" than nuclear power. To get solar power requires facilities to collect, convert, and distribute that energy. If building that is "free" then so is nuclear power.
Coal power is "free", all we have to do is go dig it up. Natural gas is "free", all we have to do is drill for it. All energy is free if solar power is free. STFU about solar power being free, it is not. It is expensive and unreliable, and being unreliable adds to the expense. We don't need batteries for nuclear or natural gas because fuel is stored energy. If we need more power then we release this stored energy from fuel at a higher rate. If the sun has set there's no going out for more solar energy, not for hours.
There is no "free" solar energy. If that's true then why does solar power cost so much? What's the going rate for solar power at local midnight where you live?
Can we have more nuclear power now? Yes, we can. (Score:5, Informative)
Another article on Slashdot to express just how doomed we all are because people are burning fossil fuels. I prefer articles telling us how we could solve this problem. It would also be preferable to see some articles recognizing just how far we've come to solve the problem of catastrophic anthropogenic global warming, or CAGW.
There's a part of me that doesn't much care about the problem of CAGW because it doesn't matter if CAGW is a problem or not as what needs to be done is not changed by CAGW being a p
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You're not going to see another nuclear plant built in your lifetime as the initial cost is too prohibitive. The price of solar is falling incrementally every year so why not take advantage of all that free energy? I'm sure the government could kick some subsidies into nuke plants but wouldn't that be evil socialism?
Solar power is as "free" as any power. (Score:2)
You are right about the subsidies for energy being "evil socialism". Let's end all energy subsidies. Solar power exists only because of subsidies, and if they dry up then so does the solar power industry. Nuclear power isn't asking for subsidies, they are asking for permission. Give nuclear power permission and solar power will not be able to compete.
Oh, and solar power is no more "free" than nuclear power. To get solar power requires facilities to collect, convert, and distribute that energy. If building that is "free" then so is nuclear power.
Coal power is "free", all we have to do is go dig it up. Natural gas is "free", all we have to do is drill for it. All energy is free if solar power is free. STFU about solar power being free, it is not. It is expensive and unreliable, and being unreliable adds to the expense. We don't need batteries for nuclear or natural gas because fuel is stored energy. If we need more power then we release this stored energy from fuel at a higher rate. If the sun has set there's no going out for more solar energy, not for hours.
There is no "free" solar energy. If that's true then why does solar power cost so much? What's the going rate for solar power at local midnight where you live?