Comment by ezst

I don't know what to do with the first part of your comment, too many variables. If machines can take over those jobs in the short, the societal changes would be so far-reaching that an electricity increase would be the slightest of the worries (one for which we have an engineering solution, at least, as opposed to all the philosophical and economical ones that come with it).

Regarding the second part, I want to also factor installation-lifespan in the case for nuclear energy as well: we know that today's cheap renewable energy is the result of gas-guzzled worldwide supply-chains that are all but certain to still exist couple decades down the road. A nuclear plant can be built today to last a century, which is 5 times the replacement rate of PV and wind. This brings an appreciable predictability to the cost of electricity that intermittent energy sources can't beat.