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CuriouslyC
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Major nuclear fusion milestone reached as ‘ignitio...
Option 4, use a mixture of modern nuclear and renewables. Power prices go up slightly, environmental footprint goes down a lot.
xondono
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I'd love for the world to see that Option 4 would be great (I'd chose that one too!), but it's not a politically viable option. I was limiting the options to the "realistic" ones, given our current constraints.
pfdietz
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Nuclear and renewables do not mix well. If you optimize for a minimum cost grid, one or the other dominates. Mixed solution s have higher cost.
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