Comment by shash

Nuclear is definitely part of the mix we need, but we can easily do multiple things.

For one thing, it's neither limitless nor free - the limit is the amount of radioactive ore we mine, and the cost is the cost of setting up a plant, running it, mining the ore, purifying it, transporting it,... The cost of nuclear is actually pretty high. I'm not talking about safety except that the cost factors in both passive and active safety mechanisms. And, they take _forever_ to build and bring to operation.

On the other hand, the price of solar (even without subsidy) is already cost competitive with _coal_ leave alone nuclear.[1] But it's intermittent, and batteries like the article are expensive.

So, the question is not either this or that, but what's the right mix...

[1]: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/48/Electric...