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Surur t1_iuftqza wrote

Reply to comment by AJ_Gaming125 in New solar capacity 10 times cheaper than gas, says intelligence company Rystad by EnergyTransitionNews

> Just a question, but could the war with Ukraine cause gas prices to go up to such a degree that governments decide to start replacing gas with renewable just because it's too expensive?

It's definitely happening, but not just renewables, but any source (e.g. coal, nuclear)

For consumers, their only choice is home solar, and that is seeing a massive boom.

Overall the war in Ukraine is going to accelerate the move to renewables and heatpumps greatly.

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AJ_Gaming125 t1_iufu5hz wrote

Let's hope so. Maybe a war might actually help the planet in the stupid way for once.

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x925 t1_iuhfc26 wrote

When will we see at home nuclear plants? I don't think it's fair that only corporations can own them just because it's "unsafe" or some nonsense.

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Surur t1_iuhg1e9 wrote

I'm not a supporter of nuclear energy lol, but those people have advocated for neighbourhood-based pebble-bed reactors lol.

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FearLeadsToAnger t1_iuhgl3j wrote

Who isn't a supporters of nuclear in 2022? What's your thinking?

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Surur t1_iuhhkur wrote

It's very simple - nuclear energy has very long lead times (often a decade), is very expensive, and relies on a stable society for its entire existence, something which Ukraine and USA shows us is not guaranteed.

It's also centralised, vs many renewables which can be generated at home or at the community level.

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HoriOri t1_iuhjfoo wrote

Those are very good and well thought out reasons. However, it does mean that much of the world will be burning gas for baseload power till we can get some decent buffers so we can use renewables entirely.

I personally don't think we have the time left, we needed to throw everything we've got at this problem 40 years ago.

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