• zik@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    No, nuclear is always more expensive in real world conditions. Places with mostly renewables plus in-fill from batteries and transient gas generation are a lot cheaper than nuclear. eg. South Australia.

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      But transient has generation produces much more ghgs than nuclear, and when accounting for the ghg potential of metanen and normal pipeline leakage, it is even more damaging than coal.

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        It’s required less and less as other forms of generation are added to the mix. eg. Tidal and pumped hydro.