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pornel 3 days ago

We've ran out of time. Even if political will shifted immediately, getting new nuclear plants on the grid is going to take a decade or more.

In the meantime batteries + solar or wind can be built quickly and hooked up pretty much anywhere.

Even if we had nuclear fusion, solar+batteries could still win on cost and time to deploy!

palata 3 days ago | parent [-]

> Even if we had nuclear fusion, solar+batteries could still win on cost and time to deploy!

In a world with abundant fossil fuels on which globalisation relies.

The question is: what happens when it stops? Can renewables win in a world without abundant oil? We don't know, we haven't tried.

pornel a day ago | parent [-]

"we"? Looking at electricitymaps, everyone except maybe Nebraska and Mongolia is making progress.

The supply chain already exists, available worldwide as long as you don't bomb your suppliers.