/sci/ - Science & Math

>>11084045
So you are comparing a country using 75% nuclear to a country that uses 80% fossil fuels and surprised ones cheaper? Of course fossil fuels make cheaper electricity, that's why we are in this climate mess smoothbrain, Nuclear is more expensive than Coal but less than renewables, >>11083590 this graph supports my claim, what we need in an energy source used to be reliable and cheap, now we need something emission free, and Nuclear Energy ticks those boxes.

>>11057420
>exactly nuclear can't compete meanwhile renewable installations just keep growing in the US

US relies heavily on fossil fuels (a good chunk natural gas to prop up the unreliable intermittent renewables)

>>10095396
Do you even realize that a renewable gigawatt is worth only a small fraction of conventional power plant gigawatt, due to much smaller capacity factor? Of course you dont.

Only 3% of US total energy consumption in 2017 was from wind and solar.

This is the relevant number.

3%