Originally Posted by BMWTurboDzl
Originally Posted by emg
Originally Posted by BMWTurboDzl
In any case it doesn't change the fact that nuclear is not an ideal generation source when paired with solar.
I think you mean 'solar is not an ideal generation source when paired with nuclear'.
A power source that requires large amounts of energy to produce, varies radically in output through the year even in ideal conditions, and is only available at most half the day is a really silly idea if you have any other alternative that's actually reliable all year round. Solar is great if you have to live off the grid, but that's about it.
No actually I don't. The variability isn't that great in the lower 48 especially the bottom half the country. For example the northern edge of Texas is essentially 20 degrees farther south than the US/Canadian border. Texas is on the same line of latitude as North Africa and the Middle East.
In the US the un-subsidized cost of solar is rapidly approaching that of more traditional sources which is why, in the US, utilities generally are investing in grid management/storage rather than generation.
Of course in an ideal world, we'd all have a power unit about the size of a briefcase which we could then plug into/power our homes. Talk about freedom.
You must never actually watch the weather....
Originally Posted by emg
Originally Posted by BMWTurboDzl
In any case it doesn't change the fact that nuclear is not an ideal generation source when paired with solar.
I think you mean 'solar is not an ideal generation source when paired with nuclear'.
A power source that requires large amounts of energy to produce, varies radically in output through the year even in ideal conditions, and is only available at most half the day is a really silly idea if you have any other alternative that's actually reliable all year round. Solar is great if you have to live off the grid, but that's about it.
No actually I don't. The variability isn't that great in the lower 48 especially the bottom half the country. For example the northern edge of Texas is essentially 20 degrees farther south than the US/Canadian border. Texas is on the same line of latitude as North Africa and the Middle East.
In the US the un-subsidized cost of solar is rapidly approaching that of more traditional sources which is why, in the US, utilities generally are investing in grid management/storage rather than generation.
Of course in an ideal world, we'd all have a power unit about the size of a briefcase which we could then plug into/power our homes. Talk about freedom.
You must never actually watch the weather....