Comments on: The Daily Dig: Nuclear Entombment Edition

By: Matt Eric

Matt Eric — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 23:53:39 +0000

Wind energy cannot provide base load power. Solar cannot provide base load power. Even if we heavily deploy renewables (and we should), we still need something to replace all those gigawatt-range coal fired power plants which run at max 24/7. Renewable energy plants are, basically, reducing the number of nuclear plants we’re eventually going to need.

By: Gordon Shippy

Gordon Shippy — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 01:56:02 +0000

I think it’s time to give up on nuclear. It’s just too many obstacles, too much crap to put up with, most shocking of all: Wind energy is cheaper now. Yep. Whether getting the manufacturing down to a tee, or moving everything to China, wind development has finally leapfrogged nuclear. At this pace in renewables, it wouldn’t surprise me if solar surpasses it next within 5 years (less than the decade it takes to push a new plant through congress + actually build it).

Every state has to have a windy or sunny place. Not many have uranium reserves, or useless streams of water to locate cooling plants in, or a place to store/recycle the rods. We can finally put to rest those leaky old plants meant for 40 years, being used for 60 years, that are giving them all that bad rep. Then there wouldn’t be much controversy giving them money for R&D so they can refresh themselves and see if they have a place in the future, I just can’t believe we’ll get anywhere with them in the present.

By: Alex Lessard-Pilon

Alex Lessard-Pilon — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:15:42 +0000

Thanks Joshua, for the tip and the report. The link is correct now.

By: joshua

joshua — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:52:06 +0000

FYI, the Africa Infrastructure article - the link to the Ghana Business News redirects to a different article.

The website associated with the Africa Infrastructure report (from which the report can be downloaded) is http://www.infrastructureafrica.org/.