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40% of US electricity is now emissions-free (arstechnica.com)
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[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Even current lithium-based battery storage is already cheaper than nuclear.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It does not make sense to compare the price of energy storage (lithium batteries), with the price for generating electricity (nuclear energy), or do you mean something else?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

People have a hard-on about nuclear being "baseload" power and renewables being intermittent. Solar/wind plus batteries to add dispatchability is a valid comparison to nuclear if you only want to talk about baseload.