nuclear power produces long-lived radioactive waste, which needs to be stored securely. Nuclear fuels, such as the element uranium (which needs to be mined), are finite, so the technology is not considered renewable. Renewable sources of energy, such as solar and wind power suffer from “intermittency”, meaning they do not consistently produce energy at all hours of the day.

fusion technologies have yet to produce sustained net energy output (more energy than is put in to run the reactor), let alone produce energy at the scale required to meet the growing demands of AI. Fusion will require many more technological developments before it can fulfil its promise of delivering power to the grid.

  • TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world
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    18 days ago

    Right, and I replied to a comment where you claimed we can just use batteries to replace everything but renewables.

    Put up or shut up. Where’s the data?

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      18 days ago

      No, I said this

      If only we had some way of storing energy for use later. Oh well.

      Not this, as you claim

      Right, and I replied to a comment where you claimed we can just use batteries to replace everything but renewables.

      Why are you making stuff up?

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        18 days ago

        Yes, exactly. And we don’t have a way to store all that energy. So I’m not sure why you’re lying by saying we do.

        Why are you lying?