Nuclear power explained in 12 numbers to help you understand how it fits Australia’s energy needs (www.abc.net.au)

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As the shift away from fossil fuels gathers pace, the Coalition has turned to an emissions-free technology with a long and contentious history — nuclear fission. These are the numbers you should keep in mind when thinking about its place in Australia’s energy transition.

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[-] dillekant@slrpnk.net 1 points 5 months ago

You also can't just turn nuclear on or off. You'd need to also get rid of existing solar. Ie: get people to disconnect rooftop solar to make nuclear work.

[-] psud@aussie.zone 3 points 5 months ago

If you told people they weren't allowed to export solar anymore, so many would disconnect from the electricity grid, starting the grid death spiral where wealthy individual subscribers unsubscribe, poorer people get higher bills and it gets relatively cheaper to get solar and go off the grid, etc

You end up with only the poorest buying electricity with government or charity money and industry using the grid

That would be really bad for nuclear, losing the bulk of the home market