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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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[-] The_Terrible_Humbaba@slrpnk.net 2 points 5 months ago

You don't need sunlight to grow crops, you just need energy; which in this scenario would require an energy source that is not the sun.

[-] kaffiene@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

Yeah, that's hardly going to be a global solution. But whatevs this discussion is devolving into the rediculous

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