Yup, a lot of the conversation around energy and electricity feels like we're no...

sir_bearington · on March 11, 2021

The book mostly focuses on raw generation figures. I see little to no writing on how to handle the intermittency of renewable sources.

Also, the 1,000 year figure for fissile fuel does not consider reprocessing which reclaims over 80% of fuel used.

pydry · on March 12, 2021

Worth bearing in mind that it was published in 2009 & the author died in 2016.

A lot has changed since then - the costs he specifies, for instance, might as well be from the previous century.

Energy use has also decreased.

pfdietz · on March 12, 2021

That author is long dead, and his assumptions are increasingly out of date.