jeffw@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoWhy Germany ditched nuclear before coal—and why it won’t go backarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square123fedilinkarrow-up1246arrow-down119
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minus-squareTurun@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down2·5 months agoYeah, it’s safer than coal, on the same level as solar and wind. But it’s fucking expensive to achieve that equality! You can build 5 times the solar or wind capacity for the same price!
minus-squareBarqsHasBite@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down10·edit-25 months agoWind and solar need to be paired with batteries, so it’s not as cheap as everyone wants to think.
Yeah, it’s safer than coal, on the same level as solar and wind. But it’s fucking expensive to achieve that equality! You can build 5 times the solar or wind capacity for the same price!
Wind and solar need to be paired with batteries, so it’s not as cheap as everyone wants to think.