The real ghost here is a technology from the XX Century that some, like Politico and, I imagine, their corporate backers, would like to bring back to life.
The article says "Sweden, Finland and the U.K. are expanding or extending nuclear programs". AFAIK, 'new' nuclear energy facilities in Finland and the UK were planned a long time ago, and have been delivered late and terribly over budget.
Shutting down nuclear plants now is unwise, but building new ones is folly. In Italy, new plants would be ready by 2040 (my guess) the earliest. We need to move away from fossil fuels NOW, and solar + wind + batteries is the way to do it.
Do you have any idea about how to store, or discharge, surplus solar, or how impactful wind turbines have been for local people without them getting anything back but losing agricultural land (Look at Sardinia and Apulia)? You make it sound easy, but none of what you said is reliable enough. Nuclear must be there as a baseline, at least for industrial purposes.
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[ 3.0 ms ] story [ 18.2 ms ] threadThe article says "Sweden, Finland and the U.K. are expanding or extending nuclear programs". AFAIK, 'new' nuclear energy facilities in Finland and the UK were planned a long time ago, and have been delivered late and terribly over budget.
Shutting down nuclear plants now is unwise, but building new ones is folly. In Italy, new plants would be ready by 2040 (my guess) the earliest. We need to move away from fossil fuels NOW, and solar + wind + batteries is the way to do it.