Reply #42: 1500 nuclear reactors won't come close to stopping climate change.

[bananas]

You wrote:
"Build 1500 or so nuclear reactors. Or build a million wind turbines and two billion rooftop PV installations along with 100k 300MW solar plants. You have a decade to do it."

No, it's "and", not "or". Build 1500 nuclear reactors "and" build a million wind turbines "and" ...
Nuclear can only provide a small part of the solution.
And when considered in the full range of solutions, it's not necessary at all.
The other parts of the solution - which have to be there anyway - can each be scaled up to cover nuclear's proposed part.
Nuclear isn't necessary at all.
Now that we know it isn't necessary, we can ask whether it is desirable at all, does it have any niche applications where it might fit?
But when we look at the options, the answer is that the niche applications where it might fit are few and far between.
And they could easily be covered by other options.
So nuclear isn't needed at all.

Bottom line: those 1500 nuclear reactors would be a waste of time and money and do piss-all to stop global warming.