Comment by UltraSane 16 hours ago We could have and should have replaced all coal with nuclear but no, we couldn't do that. 2 comments UltraSane Reply danlitt 15 hours ago It could have been replaced by almost anything, there is nothing particularly special about nuclear in this context (except its extremely high price). UltraSane 13 hours ago Coal and nuclear are both dispatchable electricity sources. It is much easier to replace a dispatchable source with another dispatchable source.
danlitt 15 hours ago It could have been replaced by almost anything, there is nothing particularly special about nuclear in this context (except its extremely high price). UltraSane 13 hours ago Coal and nuclear are both dispatchable electricity sources. It is much easier to replace a dispatchable source with another dispatchable source.
UltraSane 13 hours ago Coal and nuclear are both dispatchable electricity sources. It is much easier to replace a dispatchable source with another dispatchable source.
It could have been replaced by almost anything, there is nothing particularly special about nuclear in this context (except its extremely high price).
Coal and nuclear are both dispatchable electricity sources. It is much easier to replace a dispatchable source with another dispatchable source.