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pinkfootthegoose t1_jde7l7s wrote

Reply to comment by LouSanous in IPCC chart says Solar PV and Wind Turbines are best way to achieve Deep, Rapid, and Low Cost emission cuts before 2030. by DisasterousGiraffe

> once the existing renewables start to reach their end of life.

renewables don't reach an end of life. That's the point.

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LouSanous t1_jdg4ae2 wrote

Solar panels have a lifespan. Anything with moving parts has a lifespan. That includes wind turbines.

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pinkfootthegoose t1_jdg4xbv wrote

so do nuclear plants so to there is no net gain from building those over priced messes.

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LouSanous t1_jdg68c8 wrote

I agree. I would only consider nuclear in the event that there was some new reactor that could burn spent waste, reducing the half life of it, used no water for cooling and had minimal or no meltdown risk. We have solutions now to these problems that don't involve nuclear

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