The Climate, Environment and Energy Thread

[LP]

Missing the point again LP.

Apart from the economics that means that private sector won’t go near nuclear and taxpayers will foot the bill, it’s the timeframe that is critical.  It’s simply not possible for us to build nuclear reactors in time to reach emissions targets.

Nope, it will be faster to meet total baseline demand by nuclear than it will be struggling to get there via SolarPV, Wind or other renewables. Claims to the counter are just fear mongering.

Further, counter to many claims, the cost of renewable energy is rising not falling, up 2% last year despite good domestic uptake, it's increasing because supply cannot meet demand. We kept hearing that the more renewables we install the cheaper it will get, tell that to the market! Just this week all the major energy players are revising feed in tariffs down not up, it's now harder to justify the outlay of homeowner installs than it's ever been!

Pretty odd for so many socialists who lauded the return of the SEC to be arguing against government funded public infrastructure, this is if it's nuclear. By the way, the SEC or it's equivalent is needed simply because SolarPV and Wind refuse to pay for the infrastructure that delivers energy to the grid, they only want to profit off it without any responsibility for building or maintenance. So you don't hear the same people complaining about that, I suppose they have shares!

And the batteries, who pays for that, given we need a 5000% increase in investment just for residential to be covered 24x7!

On the various claims by states, the constitutional lawyers have already kyboshed such claims that the Federal policies can be blocked by states, it's political dribble not legal fact. They have already confirmed this week the Feds have the power to declare such locations as Loy Yang as sites of National importance and as such secure domain over them. In any case, it's a a source of dollars for the states so you can expect them to fold like accordions.

Alarmism regarding handling and storage of nuclear waste is really a 60s and 70s holdover, it's a function of the media making the world a meaner place and very old news. Not only are there modern solutions, countries that are free of such public paranoia are now making big money from storage and recycling of nuclear waste.