State of green energy in Texas
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People argue that renewable power is going to be so much cheaper than fossil and nuclear. Nuclear is only expensive because it is NIBYed to death and fuel reprocessing is disallowed .
However I argue that when renewable makes up [a high fraction] of your electrical supply then a huge amount of redundancy is going to be needed or else events like this are going to shut down the economy. I wonder if that cost is going to be factored in?
I'm pro nuclear, but there are a zillion cost-drivers for a power plant, and lack of reprocessing isn't one of them. Reprocessing is more expensive than using fresh fuel, and it increases the footprint of total waste, ironically. Most of the fuel being used in commercial plants was mined up 30+ years ago and has just been sitting around. There's not much pressure to institute a reprocessing program.
NIMBY affects all wind projects like crazy, btw.