The nuclear power graph goes opposite to what I expected.
Coal pivoted to pushing for nuclear plants because build-times on nuke plants are ~20 years and they’d be the obvious filler mid-term. That’s why there’s so much pro-nuke rhetoric despite renewables being cheaper and faster to make: it’s their only chance to stay relevant.
and, perhaps most importantly: subject to extreme NIMBY-ism which basically relegates them to perpetual planning
Note: if we had started building more plants 20 years ago and pulled a France (mostly nuclear grid), hell yeah, that would be great and we wouldn’t be where we are now. But this last-minute drive is heavily poisoned by coal just trying to stay relevant.
Meh, whatever gets us there faster, solar is a lock in anyway nothing anyone can do could stop it now, wind needs help though.
Same here but the lower variance is notable.
Republicans are idiots who don’t realize that coal is uncompetitive in a free market.
