All the anti nukkers out there, have a read of this. It's a lengthy article but it will address all your concerns.

https://unchartedterritories.tomaspueyo.com/p/why-nuclear-is-the-best-energy

freediver wrote on Mar 29^th, 2024 at 9:18am:


It does, in great detail.

freediver wrote on Mar 29^th, 2024 at 9:18am:


Listen to the above link 2.15 on. 

Dick Smith: A country cannot rely on solar and wind as an energy mix alone.

ABC: False
( Quoting Mark Diesendorf, UNSW)

Nepal runs many generators of the fossil fuel variety. Iceland etc have hydro and thermal. Australia has tried thermal, it failed. And we don't have an overabundance of water for pumped hydro, which is in reality a large battery.


ABC" Quoting Andrew Blakers ANUI:  “Several detailed studies show that [getting to] 100 per cent renewables based mostly on solar and wind is quite straightforward, provided that enough transmission and storage is built.”

Storage is not a feature of Solar and Wind. Transmission costs will be high as well.

ABC: Expert Mark Jacobson - When it came to regions with a comparable or greater population size to that of Australia, Professor Jacobson pointed to the US state of California, which has a population of around 39 million. As of Tuesday this week, he said, the state, which is aiming for 100 per cent carbon-free electricity by 2045, had “been running on more than 100 per cent WWS for 10 out of the last 11 days for between 0.25 and 6 hours per day”.

Wow, you can run a country for between 0.25 and 6 hours a day on solar and wind.

So were they truths as to the claim?

Poor FD. Lost in English.

Were the ABC's claims true about solar and wind?

freediver wrote on Mar 29^th, 2024 at 9:54am:


Everything is explained in the article, if you would take the time to read it.

lee wrote on Mar 29^th, 2024 at 3:59pm:


So what?

Powerlines are also not wind or water or coal, but you need them, and no-one would be stupid enough to argue a coal-based power grid is not possible because it wouldn't have power lines.

We have had major grid-connected storage systems since at least 1973. Prior to that, the power just went out whenever there was a problem. Apparently the world didn't end. 

freediver wrote on Mar 29^th, 2024 at 4:24pm:


And I said nothing about them. Though wind and solar need them also, except more so as they are remote.

freediver wrote on Mar 29^th, 2024 at 4:24pm:


And they haven't been enough.

freediver wrote on Mar 29^th, 2024 at 4:24pm:


No one said the world ended. It doesn't help a country's economy.

Wind and solar do need storage as they are not sources of despatchable energy. They only work when the weather agrees.

freediver wrote on Mar 29^th, 2024 at 4:47pm:


Only of the input. Not the output.

What electricity storage do they need?

freediver wrote on Mar 29^th, 2024 at 4:47pm:



Now you aren't making sense. Chinglish?

But you could try and tell us which countries rely on 100% wind and solar.