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Geir Aaslid's avatar

Part of the problem in Europe, is plans to replace gas with unreliable windmills instead of the sensible and reliable solution of Nuclear power.

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Lorne White's avatar

Thanks for calculating this BUT Nuclear has proven to be:

UNAFFORDABLE

(Always over budget, while Renewables keep dropping in price, even with the addition of better storage)

UNINSURABLE

(In 2013 Canada, PM Harper raised liability limits to $500M - expected settlement of Lac Mégantic rail crash. Who’d pay to move PA NY ON & QC if Three Mile Island had been uncontrolled?)

UNDISPOSABLE

(After 76 years, how do we safely store radioactive

- concrete & steel 10,000 years

- spent fuel 300,000 years)

UNREPLACEABLE

(Nuclear builds worldwide are over budget/bankrupt while Renewable costs fall. SMRs are 2 decades from use.)

UNDEFENDABLE

(Witness the current Russian invasion of Ukraine and pray for military mercy.)

“Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad” (proud!)

~ancient Greeks

-/-

Other interesting calculations would be:

How much Renewable Energy is needed to replace Nuclear Electricity?

Ditto for FossilFuel?

Methinks we are in a quandary IF the CAGW people are correct that CO2 is The cause of worldwide regional ClimateChange.

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