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Solar power expected to dominate electricity generation by 2050—even without more ambitious climate policies (techxplore.com)

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Solar power expected to dominate electricity generation by 2050—even without more ambitious climate policies::In pursuit of the ambitious goal of reaching net-zero emissions, nations worldwide must expand their use of clean energy sources. In the case of solar energy, this change may already be upon us.

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[–] 0x0@programming.dev 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The time of nuclear energy has come and gone. We missed it.

Really?

[–] vzq@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Yes really.

Molten salt reactors are not significantly cheaper to build own or operate, on the contrary. I’m making an economic argument here.

[–] 0x0@programming.dev 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If you put economics before the environment then sure, nuclear's not viable, never was.

And oil's only viable because of mass subsidies and tax exemptions.

[–] vzq@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If you put economics before the environment then sure, nuclear's not viable, never was.

Wait what? Surely nuclear gets less viable if you factor in the cost of cleaning up after yourself.

And oil's only viable because of mass subsidies and tax exemptions.

That, and massive externalization.

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Those molten salt reactors can run on what the current reactors create as nuclear waste. They actually help with the cleanup process by breaking the radioactive waste down to a few very short lived ions that cease to be radioactive quite quickly. The other nice part about them is that you can't make weapons with them.

[–] frezik@midwest.social 2 points 1 year ago

I'm in favor of subsidizing nuclear reactors that can reuse waste. That's a better idea than the current strategy of letting it sit around, or the potential future of burying it and hoping nobody digs it up again millennia from now.

There is little other reason to bother with nuclear anymore.

[–] vzq@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 year ago

I’m familiar with the technology. It’s great.

It won’t get built because you can’t make money off it without running the risk of government changing its mind as soon as you’re done building the thing.