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points by kulahan 2 days ago | 0 comments
Only if we give up on nuclear and enhanced geothermal and continue subsidizing it massively so we can force it to be cheapest
[–] TheCoelacanth 2 days ago
Nonsense. It's going to be the cheapest no matter what.
[–] kulahan 1 day ago
You’d have to explain why we give up on technology, because otherwise this will never be true
[–] TheCoelacanth 12 hours ago
Look at the trend lines. Solar and batteries are getting cheaper on an exponential curve; nuclear and fossil fuels aren't. Those trends won't continue forever, but they're pretty much locked in for the next few years because the engineering work is already done and often contracts are already in place.

Short-term we're waiting for mass production and distribution of the new designs (relatively easy to predict), not R&D which is less predictable.