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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @anon 15h \ on: It's Time to Build a New Grid 🏴☠️🌞🔋 ideasfromtheedge
Do you have any concrete numbers to back up this statement?
"Nuclear is a promising long term piece of the puzzle [but] that’s to say nothing of my skepticism of it competing on price."
I'm not a expert in energy production, but given the difference in energy density of production between solar and nuclear, with nuclear being much higher. I would be much less skeptical of this idea if there was at least some ballpark numbers to show how solar is superior to nuclear or other forms of energy.
Doomberg recently has a post covering solar and it's costs and challenges that seems relevant to your idea:
https://newsletter.doomberg.com/p/fessing-up?utm_source=profile&utm_medium=reader2
I'm not a hater, and am genuinely curious about the possibility of this being feasible.
I also really enjoy your thoughts on the PBJ podcast, thanks for all the insightful content every week.
my understanding re: cost of nuclear is that general consensus is that even if you factor in the energy density, the cost per unit of energy is still higher, but a large part of that has to do with how expensive it has to build a reactor, which includes dealing with all sorts of red tape, insurance, etc.
i could be speaking outta by butt, but that's the sense i got talking with an engineering friend of mine, and a friend whose brother works as a nuclear inspector
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