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bryanlarsen 87 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Baseload Is a Myth (2024)

That strategy makes no sense when dispatchable power generation is cheaper than non-intermittent generation. This happened about 20 years ago when natgas became cheaper than coal.

throw0101d 87 days ago [–]

> This happened about 20 years ago when natgas became cheaper than coal.

With or without externalities like climate change costed in?

bryanlarsen 86 days ago | | [–]

Yes. natgas + purchased carbon credits are cheaper than nuclear.

Tostino 86 days ago | | [–]

Dude, that's like, our kids' problem.

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