You can’t just replace coal and oil by nuclear power. it takes decades to build a new plant and is very expensive. Money that is better spend in investing in wind and solar.
You can’t just replace coal and oil by nuclear power. it takes decades to build a new plant and is very expensive.
That’s been said for over a decade at this point. We could have had plenty of nuclear power plants and maintained/developed expertise in the area if clean energy was a goal that was taken seriously by Europe. Both solar and wind are innately inefficient in terms of W/m^2, and wind has the additional problem of noise pollution and environmental impact.
Nuclear is needed for stable base load, in significant quantity as well. And the argument of they take years doesn’t hold water, in fact its more the reason to start now.
You can’t just replace coal and oil by nuclear power. it takes decades to build a new plant and is very expensive. Money that is better spend in investing in wind and solar.
That’s been said for over a decade at this point. We could have had plenty of nuclear power plants and maintained/developed expertise in the area if clean energy was a goal that was taken seriously by Europe. Both solar and wind are innately inefficient in terms of W/m^2, and wind has the additional problem of noise pollution and environmental impact.
The global-average build time is 6-8 years.
Nuclear is needed for stable base load, in significant quantity as well. And the argument of they take years doesn’t hold water, in fact its more the reason to start now.
No-one is saying “stop building solar and wind”. Nuclear is for transitioning and should’ve been built 10-20 years ago, but now is also a good time.