The Skeptics Guide #890 - Jul 30 2022 (Ad Free)
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You are wrong about the experts. The IPCC mapped out pathways to netzero by 2050 - every one included nuclear power. We do not have anything near the grid storage we would need. Intermittent power will likely top out at 30-40%. The rest needs to be baseload or on demand. It's not just about getting off fossil fuel - it's about getting there as fast as possible. For the next 30 years or so the choice is between nuclear and fossil fuel - not nuclear and renewables.
The Skeptics' Guide To The Universe
2022-08-06 12:27:06 +0000 UTCTrue
Steve Nerlich
2022-07-31 08:28:24 +0000 UTCAlso we don't really have a good and efficient solution for storage just yet.
Ville Kuitunen
2022-07-31 08:17:29 +0000 UTCWTN and I know this is the wrong place. Anyway... I hear a classic american accent. That means I can pick out 1/3 of the words? And I feel like that if it were in an Aussie accent I would be able to pick up a lot more of the words.
Jess Donovan
2022-07-31 07:56:52 +0000 UTCBenefit of nuclear is that it's always on - while solar and wind are intermittent (albeit coupling with storage helps alleviate that).
Steve Nerlich
2022-07-30 22:21:04 +0000 UTCI wouldn't call Bill an expert on this topic. But I agree, nuclear power is very expensive and the power plants take a long time to build.
Ville Kuitunen
2022-07-30 20:45:56 +0000 UTCI would be interested to know why Steve thinks that the best way to get the continental U.S. (not places like Japan) off fossil fuels involves nuclear, when all the evidence shows that solar+wind+storage (including existing hydropower that can be boosted) can produce something like 20 times our current demand before you go to less desirable locations, at a cost far below that of nuclear. (The cost of it is my ONLY problem with nuclear, much as the cost of traveling by helicopter is my only problem with that method.) Many experts, including Bill Nye say this. What makes Steve correct and the experts wrong?
Ted Apelt
2022-07-30 17:13:49 +0000 UTC
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