> Nothing really is the "best bet" in this. The correct solution is to hedge your bets by betting on just about every possible solution. The local resources available dictate just too much what is the "best" solution but even then one should not put all the eggs in one basket.
It aggravates me to no end that people are fighting this pointless nuclear vs. renewables war, all the while fossil fuels are laughing all the way to the bank.
Should be invest in building nuclear? YES! Should we invest in wind and solar? YES! Should we invest in grid-scale storage? YES! Should we invest in transmission capacity? YES!
> But solving the electricity problem is just solving one part (~25%) of the equation. There is still a lot of greenhouse gasses being released from cars, construction (concrete), farming and various industrial processes. But the electricity seems to be the easiest problem to solve and once we have that on track to being fixed we can move more resources into the other issues.
Electricity is in some ways the easiest problem, yes, but also once we have clean electricity we can use that to decarbonize many other sectors. Transportation, to a large extent. Heating, yes. Many important industrial processes can use hydrogen, like steel production. Etc.
It aggravates me to no end that people are fighting this pointless nuclear vs. renewables war, all the while fossil fuels are laughing all the way to the bank.
Should be invest in building nuclear? YES! Should we invest in wind and solar? YES! Should we invest in grid-scale storage? YES! Should we invest in transmission capacity? YES!
> But solving the electricity problem is just solving one part (~25%) of the equation. There is still a lot of greenhouse gasses being released from cars, construction (concrete), farming and various industrial processes. But the electricity seems to be the easiest problem to solve and once we have that on track to being fixed we can move more resources into the other issues.
Electricity is in some ways the easiest problem, yes, but also once we have clean electricity we can use that to decarbonize many other sectors. Transportation, to a large extent. Heating, yes. Many important industrial processes can use hydrogen, like steel production. Etc.