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Originally Posted by Besoeker
Whether Nuclear is green or not, there are no viable alternatives on the required scale in the short to medium term.
Other than fossils, of course.
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Whatever the short and medium term represent ? Well the short term may be seen probably within the next 10 years as that's how long it can take to plan and build a typical nuclear power station and sometimes longer. Therefore there needs to be solutions within that period that can be applied. Solar and wind technologies are being rolled out to help supplement grid requirements now and over a 10 year period they can expect to make a valuable and significant contribution of scale, at current growth rates of these technologies. Also based on current cost projections, in 10 years time renewable energy technologies will be even more efficient and cost competitive. These are viable alternatives for supplementary purposes, however as I have always maintained, no single power generation technology can be relied upon globally, as we head into an uncertain future.