With the ever-ongoing ‘progress’ of the proposed UK nuclear power plants, I wonder if this is the best course of action (not just in the UK, but across other nations also)?

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[–] 3 points 2 days ago (11 children)

Ok wait what's the plan for a cold still day? You need a base load supplier like nuclear for renewables to work

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  • [–] 3 points 2 days ago (10 children)

    You use these things called "power lines" which make it easy to send electrical energy to different places

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  • [–] 5 points 2 days ago (7 children)

    Yes, because Checks notes we should power Great Britain with massive undersea transcontinental cables. Did I get that right?

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  • [–] 3 points 2 days ago (5 children)

    Yeah they're are a couple interesting HVDC lines specifically for that so that renewals can cover a wider range of sun and wind zones.

    Honestly still less infra then uranium

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  • [–] -1 points 2 days ago (4 children)

    Lmao ok

    If I remember correctly, it's about 5 million US dollars per kilometer of overhead high voltage DC lines you run. I'm going to assume that putting those cables under the English channel will cost three to eight times that much being generous.

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