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>How long will it take to build all those nuclear plants?

About 7.5 years if you start them all at the same time.

http://euanmearns.com/how-long-does-it-take-to-build-a-nucle...

How long would it take to deploy that solar energy system, as well as figuring out a storage solution to overcome the problem of the duck curve?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duck_curve

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‘Where it’s most effective’ == places that use their energy during the day, e.g, any place close-ish to the equator that needs daytime cooling.

Solar farms can be deployed at large scale in less than three years. Here’s India adding 7 MW in that timeframe: https://www.greenlaunches.com/alternative-energy/less-three-...

We do have lots of solar panels and lots of solar panel manufacturing capacity. I don’t think we have the nuclear resources we need to produce as fast.

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