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Populist Reform of the Democratic Party

Hugh_Lebowski

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6. Agree 100% ... batteries as it stands are an expensive solution to intermittency problems

Reply to kysrsoze (Reply #4)

Tue Mar 30, 2021, 02:07 PM

Mar 2021

Not to mention very 'dirty' things to make.

Nuclear power to supplement/back up wind/solar seems reasonable, although I'm not sure you can spin them up and down as easily as one can with, say, a natural gas plant.

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Thorium based nuclear power is the best choice for our energy future not wind or solar [View all] thx64536 Mar 2021 OP

Just to note. China is also investing more then $360 billion into renewable energy. CentralMass Mar 2021 #1

The thing about renewables - they don't need any fuel Blues Heron Mar 2021 #2

Agree! Other countries are out pacing us with wind, solar and wave. They aren't talking about PortTack Mar 2021 #8

I think it will be a mix exboyfil Mar 2021 #3

Are nuclear and renewables like wind/solar supposed to be mutually exclusive? kysrsoze Mar 2021 #4

Agree 100% ... batteries as it stands are an expensive solution to intermittency problems Hugh_Lebowski Mar 2021 #6

So did China get these pilot plants up in 2020 as they planned per this 2017 article? Hugh_Lebowski Mar 2021 #5

I call bullshit. He is a con-man, selling hype to people who don't know how a reactor works: DetlefK Mar 2021 #7

They use gas to remove the heat Hokie Mar 2021 #9