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minus-squareninjabard@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18arrow-down10·14 days agoNuclear Energy is the way forward. But Trump is the express lane to everything backwards. So, I’m conflicted.
minus-squareJumi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19arrow-down9·14 days agoIt’s not, it’s more costly and error prone than renewables especially long-term.
minus-squareiamdefinitelyoverthirteen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·13 days agoSolar is literally free energy with very little maintenance and overhead.
minus-squareninjabard@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·13 days agoBut cannot meet demands or surges like nuclear can.
minus-squareJumi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·13 days agoYou can’t just turn a reactor on and off whenever you feel like it
minus-squarereptar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·13 days agoBut the things actually generating the electricity (the turbines) most have some flexibility. Not on/off maybe
minus-squareiamdefinitelyoverthirteen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·13 days agoFair, but it’s literally free energy. The sun just gives it to us for free.
minus-squareF_State@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·12 days agoIt’s not free, there are still expense in creating and recycling the panels.
minus-squareF_State@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·12 days agoPowergrids need a mix of options
Nuclear Energy is the way forward. But Trump is the express lane to everything backwards. So, I’m conflicted.
It’s not, it’s more costly and error prone than renewables especially long-term.
Solar is literally free energy with very little maintenance and overhead.
But cannot meet demands or surges like nuclear can.
You can’t just turn a reactor on and off whenever you feel like it
But the things actually generating the electricity (the turbines) most have some flexibility. Not on/off maybe
Fair, but it’s literally free energy. The sun just gives it to us for free.
It’s not free, there are still expense in creating and recycling the panels.
Powergrids need a mix of options