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Comment by thelastgallon

> By the way, you can never switch completely to just renewables, it doesn't scale that well.

China is scaling, so is Australia, quite possibly other countries. We'll know when they hit the limits and stop deploying more solar.

Solar is dirt cheap (1200x cheaper), batteries are getting cheaper by the minute.

If you are rational thinking person, would you bet on technology that increases in costs over time or gets cheaper over time?

> invest in nuclear.

There was a time many decades ago to deploy nuclear at scale. Fossil fuel shills used 'environmentalists' to shut down all progress of nuclear. Now, they use nuclear again to slow down solar and wind. Just wait 30 - 50 years, we'll have a proper solution.

I do agree with you on nuclear though, countries should invest in nukes for security. All countries should invest in nuclear, it provides both energy security and real security from mischievous actors.

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