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orthecreedencetoday at 12:42 AM1 replyview on HN

> If you build the solar and wind you don't need the nuclear.

Don't forget the enormous battery arrays for winter, cloudy skies, or wildfire smoke. Hope you have enough batteries. But you won't, so ok, now you need gas reactors to fill in the blanks. Isn't that what we're trying to get away from?


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pfdietztoday at 1:18 AM

Ah yes, the ridiculous strawman engineering of saying batteries would be used for seasonal storage.

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