@andygates @patterfloof @notjustbikes Absolutely, and nuclear would be terrible in this scenario. In a world where peak renewables output is way over 100% of peak demand, we will need something that's mostly never used, is reasonably cheap to keep idle, and starts up quickly. This is the first time I'm thinking investment in nuclear now, for 10-20 years time, could be a terrible idea.
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Since releasing my oil video I've had so many people claiming that renewables will never work and we need nuclear power instead.@patterfloof @notjustbikes Sure but I imagine planning for a few days of heavy cloud cover, in mid winter, with low wind is really difficult. Edge cases will be the expensive part. And probably there will be a place for... something to fill those rare gaps other than eg doubling battery capacity. Maybe turbines and hydrogen? Something cheap but energy dense.
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Since releasing my oil video I've had so many people claiming that renewables will never work and we need nuclear power instead.@notjustbikes Perhaps they just mean, what do you do when it's night time and there's no wind. Certainly covering all scenarios with 100% renewables seems challenging.