Green - An environmentalist community @lemmy.ml lntl @lemmy.ml 11mo ago

Current Climate: A New Nuclear Reactor Goes Online In Georgia

www.forbes.com Current Climate: A New Nuclear Reactor Goes Online In Georgia

This week’s Current Climate, which every Saturday brings you the latest news about the business of sustainability.

When do we get the next one?

78 comments

When do we get the next one.

Well, going off the article:

and a fourth is expected to begin operations in 2024
holy shit people stop fucking talking when you dont grasp a concept, nuclear energy is genuinely the most green energy there is by a longshot when all factors are considered.
- This guy gets it
Good.
I wonder how many emissions could we have avoided if that money was spent on renewables + batteries while we were waiting for this powerplant to come online
- Renewables + batteries? You wouldn't have saved any emissions. Construction of a nuclear plant doesn't require as much carbon emissions as you think. And regardless, nuclear isn't competing with renewables, anyway, it's for replacing carbon-emitting power plants. Nuclear and renewables need to work hand-in-hand if we want to actually reach net zero greenhouse gas emissions.
  
  Money is finite, and every decision creates an opportunity cost. In that sense, every energy generation technology competes with one another.
- Renewables and batteries are great tools, we need to be building these out. Nuclear can best complement renewables with a stable, emission free, base load capacity. Nuclear has its own challenges, but renewables can not replace enormous load that's currently carried by coal and gas in the near or extended term.
- Not as much as what the NPP will save in the long run.
  
  Nuclear power plants typically retire after 40 years. I wouldn't be surprised if replacing all the renewables and batteries after 20 or 30 years would still be cheaper than this nuclear plant

78 comments