A lot of people compare small modular reactors (SMRs) to solar and batteries. We made them cheap by producing them repeatedly at scale. But, solar panels didn't get cheap by chopping them up into smaller pieces to make the same total. We exponentially scaled module production.

The best time to build another AP1000 in the USA is right now. The design is freshly complete and realized. All licencing and technical hurdles are overcome. A team of people exists who can deliver it. It does not get better than now.

Bloomberg notes it can cost up to $12/kg to make "green hydrogen" using wind and solar and an electrolyzer. That's 2.4x the estimates from DOE. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Dominic Cummings, ex-aide to Boris Johnson, who killed negotiations between Ukraine & Russia in 4/22, now admits, “This whole Ukrainian corrupt mafia state has basically conned us all and we’re all going to get f**ked as a consequence." Don't say we didn't warn you.

The cost of making hydrogen and synthetic fuels with solar power is very expensive compared to making it with nuclear power. The reasons are because solar power is intermittent, has large seasonal variations, low capacity factor, and low energy density. Nuclear power has none of

Solar power is the most expensive form of electricity. The unsubsidized LCOE cost is 67.11 $/MWh. The nth-of-a-kind cost of nuclear is 66 $/MWh. But solar energy is intermittent. To make solar energy as reliable as nuclear it would have to be overbuilt by 4.21x with 55 hours of

The levelized cost of energy (LCOE) is a useful tool to compare the cost of various kinds of electricity production. It works fine for comparing the cost of reliable electricity generation such as nuclear, natural gas, coal, hydroelectric, biomass, and geothermal. It is not a

The energy transition far: -Transition from cheap power to expensive power -Transition from reliable power to unreliable power -Transition from domestic power to power coming from adversaries -Transition from green landscapes to metallic landscapes -Transition from natural

Abundance has become the new buzzword in elite progressive circles, seemingly inspired by Ezra Klein’s latest book. While it is encouraging that progressives are beginning to embrace this mindset, they must confront the reality of the energy demands required to sustain such a

Combining batteries and solar power with nuclear power reduces costs slightly. However, the key to successful decarbonization is to focus on reducing the capital costs of nuclear. Much speculation exists on this topic, and I have researched it thoroughly for those interested in

To start a nuclear power renaissance, we must first resolve a paradox. For nuclear power to be cheap, two major issues must be addressed: 1) We need a healthy nuclear industry with a highly trained workforce and competitive supply chains. 2) Nuclear regulations must be

The cost of wind power, solar power, and storage is not falling according to 6 years of data from NREL and the EIA. schlanj.substack.com/p/the-costs-of…

The US used to be a master at building nuclear plants on time and on budget. The Three Mile Island accident changed that. Following the accident, the new environment required perfect predictability. No risk was deemed too slight to warrant rigorous mitigation. Developers were

Serious questions for advocates of intermittent energy. If solar (or wind) power is the cheapest form of energy, how do you explain the following: Why is there no example in the world of a microgrid powered solely by solar energy, without fossil fuel backup? Why is Germany