An argument that nuclear power makes the climate crisis worse
It&#x27;s infatuating that all arguments pro- and against nuclear energy are so selective. It&#x27;s very hard to get unbiased view.<p>The article starts with proper framing. You must think in terms of lifetime capital costs and opportunity cost. Then it chooses numbers selectively to make the argument stronger than it is. Nuclear and renewable energy production can&#x27;t be compared directly with price per kWh.<p>Nuclear energy is 24&#x2F;7 from the start. Currently Nuclear&#x2F;coal&#x2F;gas provides base load that enables cheap renewables (base load is the minimum level of demand on an electrical grid over a span of time. Day, week, months)<p>Supplying same base load with renewables means energy production + large scale energy storage + grid investments. You need overcapacity in production and the grid to even out time and geographical variability of renewables.<p>I have not seen any honest cost comparison that counts in everything.