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.

  • kaffiene@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    0
    ·
    2 months ago

    I mean, it’s fair to compare the two techs but that’s different from suggesting that you need a single approach to generation. No one is seriously suggesting that only solar for generation is sensible

    • NoiseColor @lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      0
      ·
      2 months ago

      I’m not sure if this is your first conversation on the topic but the debate is almost entirely on renewables vs nuclear.

          • poVoq@slrpnk.netM
            link
            fedilink
            arrow-up
            0
            ·
            2 months ago

            You are not arguing in good faith if you use exclusively solar in one sentence and then make sweeping generalisations about renewables in another. And yes, consider this a final warning from a mod of this community.

      • kaffiene@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        0
        ·
        2 months ago

        Did you notice yourself using the word “solar” in this conversation rather than “renewables”?