Guy is a pro-nuclear activist: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Shellenberger#Position...
Doesn’t mean he is a sellout, but certainly not neutral.
Doesn’t mean he is a sellout, but certainly not neutral.
Solar is good for small scale and it is highly variable. Nuclear works better on a large scale and is very stable. Is there a way to make them coexist in a way that doesn't need fossil fuel and where both technology are used to their advantage?
Nuclear depends on being able to sell power most of the time in order to make enough money to amortize its large capital and fixed operating costs. But solar chews this up, destroying the market a good chunk of the time (longer if some short term storage is added). Even if solar (or solar+wind) are not covering demand all the time, they will be able to crash the price often enough to destroy nuclear's business case.
That's German policy. Lots of renewables backed by coal. No more investment into nuclear.
I know there are some countries that burn trash and plants quite successfully but I'm not sure it can be done world scale. There are some outliers like geothermal, tidal forces, battery storage but these are even smaller scale examples.
You are being disingenuous now. You can simply google Michael shellenberger and you won't get lobbyist as the first thing.
Here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-7DIv3AU1o
If you are actually interested which I am sure you aren't actually.