> We also don’t have the money to pursue both in parallel.
According to what?
We're not spending that much money overall. In particular the US government is putting very little into energy infrastructure considering its spite for renewables.
> Moreover, even China, whose share of nuclear energy in its electricity mix is around 4.5%, is finding that renewables are much faster and cheaper.
The cost of renewables starts to grow when they get over 50% of the power mix.
I'm not opposed to enabling 95+% renewable power by having an army of natural gas peaker plants on standby, but I think nuclear could be cheaper if we gave it an honest try.
According to what?
We're not spending that much money overall. In particular the US government is putting very little into energy infrastructure considering its spite for renewables.
> Moreover, even China, whose share of nuclear energy in its electricity mix is around 4.5%, is finding that renewables are much faster and cheaper.
The cost of renewables starts to grow when they get over 50% of the power mix.
I'm not opposed to enabling 95+% renewable power by having an army of natural gas peaker plants on standby, but I think nuclear could be cheaper if we gave it an honest try.