Reply #14: Yeah that was my point (maybe poorly worded).

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Real solutions are often "less cool" because they are compromises.

Our resident nuclear booster for example hates any form of renewable energy.
Our resident wind booster for example hates any form of nuclear energy.

The reality is the only realistic chance to even come close to reaching the goal of low carbon economy is going to require both. We simply can not realistically, and economically build enough wind or nuclear to achieve the amounts of power necessary.

So if wind is a "toy" as someone likes to claim well we had better make it grow up quick because without it the planet dies.
If nuclear is a "Chernobyl" waiting to happen well be better fix it because without it the planet dies.

Even solar which current is not economical needs to be perused because of the potential it has (power output closesly matches demand unlike win which has no correlation).