I have no idea where I went wrong to make you think I am anti-renewable. I am pro making the cleanest grid possible. That involves nuclear.

It does include those costs. the paper includes a section dedicated to that topic, nuclear waste is not as big of a problem as you think it is.

*German* energy expert, because their anti-nuclear activist experts are doing a great job.

Like i said, stop googling to find things that agree with you and actually interact with research to form a new opinion.

“The World Nuclear Industry Status Report is a yearly report on the nuclear power industry. It is produced by Mycle Schneider, an anti-nuclear activist and a founding member of WISE-Paris, which he directed from 1983 to 2003.”

Last the paper is not even fair to nuclear because it compares it to, in the best case, renewables + 8 hrs storage. For renewables to operate without strong base-load, you need around 3 weeks storage to compensate for the seasonal duck curve.

There are not 3 scenarios, there are 3 locations, the reason why Europe is the most favorable towards nuclear is because Europe has the least nuclear currently and needs clean base-load power, while the US and china have more existing base-load power.

As for your other questions, the things we build today don’t work till after we’ve built them, in 2040 all of the proposed energy sources would be mature, so thats when you do the analysis.

Don’t get mad because I didn’t do your work for you. You said “nuclear is getting less attractive”, “nuclear isn’t competitive with solar”, “even base load arguments don’t work” with no sources. I provided a clearly sourced graph that showed none of those things are true, and added a funny note.

This guy really cited a Forbes article that uses the IEA as a source, to try and argue that the IEA source I cited was wrong. Try to actually understand the materials in front of you instead of googling to find something that agrees with you.

“Do not swallow bait offered by the enemy.” -Sun Tzu

It is the business of a general to be quiet and thus ensure secrecy; upright and just, and thus maintain order.

If your opponent is temperamental, seek to irritate him.

If those who are sent to draw water begin by drinking themselves, the army is suffering from thirst.

He who knows when he can fight and when he cannot, will be victorious.

So true, the posts should be about the 1000 year dynasty.

“It is the unemotional, reserved, calm, detached warrior who wins, not the hothead seeking vengeance and not the ambitious seeker of fortune.”