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Nuclear too slow to replace coal, and baseload “simply can’t compete” with wind and solar, AEMO boss says (reneweconomy.com.au)

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The head of the Australian energy market operator AEMO, Daniel Westerman, has rejected nuclear power as a way to replace Australia's ageing coal-fired power stations, arguing that it is too slow and too expensive. In addition, baseload power sources are not competitive in a grid dominated by wind and solar energy anyway.

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[–] [email protected] -2 points 5 months ago (32 children)

I am not a supporter of terrestrial nuclear power, too many possibility for disaster, and poisonous waste by product.

We have all the energy we could ever need being bathed by the sun.

It's right there, all we have to do is harness it, store it, then distribute it. That's it.

All else is distraction and folly.

[–] PixelatedSaturn -1 points 5 months ago (28 children)

Some countries have sun, some don't. They might need nuclear. That is the reality.

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