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Solar power is the fastest growing energy technology in history, and wind is not far behind (twitter.com)

submitted 1 year ago by keepthepace to c/energy

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I have been pro-nuclear for more than a decade, but it is clear that it has lost politically at this point. I used to say that we needed a 40 years nuclear transition so that the solar tech could catch up. We are almost there. We sadly relied on oil and coal instead to develop these tech but we finally are here and it will soon start to make sense to advocate for a direct transition from fossil fuels to renewables.

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[–] BastingChemina 1 points 1 year ago

Comparing nuclear with solar only is not a fait comparison. We need to compare nuclear with solar+storage. Or else it would be the same than saying "We need to stop installing lightbulb in houses, because it's much cheaper and ecological to light up your house with the sun."

I'm not saying that against solar, large scale every storage is expensive now but there is a lot of margin for improvement.