Submitted by ForHidingSquirrels t3_10xwl7q in Futurology
moser512 t1_j7zxi07 wrote
Reply to comment by dunderpust in Renewables are on track to satiate the world's appetite for electricity by ForHidingSquirrels
I think it would be wonderful if we were able to achieve the energy needed to maintain our current standard of living from renewable sources. My point was that wind and solar will never come close to doing that.
That was literally the only point I made.
As of right now, nuclear fission is the safest, most reliable, and dense energy source of base load clean power available. Obviously, third world countries don’t have the energy grid to support the type of large reactors that have historically built in the past. Hopefully small modular reactors can change that.
dunderpust t1_j82ars0 wrote
In 2021, renewable energy was almost 6% of world energy. What prevents it from being 16, 60, or 100? The main challenge now is electrification. Whether the electrons comes from PVs or nuclear plants is irrelevant, the only thing that matters is getting enough electricity. My personal opinion is we would should go full speed ahead on nuclear AND renewables, providing nuclear doesn't delay or stop renewables. As in, the sentiment "oh we don't have to build that wind farm, in 5 years time we will have a nuclear plant up and running" has to die. We will need so much electricity that both the nuclear plant and the wind farm combined will not be enough.
Also, I leave you with this graph why people are not expecting miracles from nuclear but supporting renewables:
You may try and convince yourself that exponential curve of wind and solar will break in a year or two, but you'll be more and more alone in that.
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