Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submitlogin

Every grid needs a stable source of electricity. Wind and Solars are not stable sources of electricity.

If its not windy -> turbines are useless. If its cloudy -> solars are almost useless.

Nuclear Plant on the other hand produces stable amount of electricity everyday.

And molten salt reactors are resistant to human stupidity. Its literally impossible to cause a disaster with this type of reactors. Its physically not possible to do anything that will cause the core to meltdown.



you know in america and europe solar and wind is stable. it's not like the whole of america is in clouds or has no wind, neither holds true.

the problem with the grid is that it's hard to support a wind/solar grid somewhere else.

nuclear is not as stable as you wish, just look at france the last months. they imported energy from germany, because a lot of their power plants were down.

> And molten salt reactors are resistant to human stupidity. Its literally impossible to cause a disaster with this type of reactors. Its physically not possible to do anything that will cause the core to meltdown.

there is no such thing. really not even in wind and solar. most deaths there were because of stupidity. and while it's physically impossible to do so when correctly built, people will always find the most stupid cost measures...


They exist and Chinese are building those reactors right now in places with not enough water.

Thise reactors are just overall more expensive than the ones using water as coolant.

Ps.france reactors were built over 50 years ago.. ofcourse they will require maintenance. Newer projects require less often maintenance.

This discussion seems pointless. I wont convince you and you wont convince me either.




Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: