Types Of Solar Energy Generation
Comments (0) Why not nuclear the same as France?
I’ve read many questions and answers about power generation and how the US energy crisis could be solved by renewable resources such as wind or solar cells. While wind, solar cells, hydro, landfill gas and other types of renewable generation all have their place in an overall mix, due to their variability and diffuse nature, none are a viable source of reliable base load power. I emphasis the importance of reliability since there are no practical methods of storing energy that do not have a steep price in efficiency.
The first method of effectively increasing the supply of renewable energy is to use less. Next, if and until fusion power becomes a reality, the only other answer, and I know there will weeping, arm flailing and talk of doomsday, is the use of fail safe nuclear reactors (they will shut down before melting down) with fuel reprocessing to alleviate the spent waste storage problem. 80% of France’s power is nuclear. What do they know that we don’t?
Far be it from me to suggest emulating the French, but….
In this we should. We should stop coddling an irrational segment of our population, and get some new nuke plants up and running. Preferrably hundreds.
The whiners can whine in comfort, thanks to nuke powered air conditioning.
What types of solar panel are available?
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