nuclear power produces long-lived radioactive waste, which needs to be stored securely. Nuclear fuels, such as the element uranium (which needs to be mined), are finite, so the technology is not considered renewable. Renewable sources of energy, such as solar and wind power suffer from “intermittency”, meaning they do not consistently produce energy at all hours of the day.

fusion technologies have yet to produce sustained net energy output (more energy than is put in to run the reactor), let alone produce energy at the scale required to meet the growing demands of AI. Fusion will require many more technological developments before it can fulfil its promise of delivering power to the grid.

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      Can you back up your original claim - that we can sufficiently power all of our grids with current batteries, and that current battery manufacturing is enough to do so?

      With reputable sources.

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        That’s not how this works. You made a tall claim, without sources. Now it seems you’re not willing to provide proof to substantiate it. Why?

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          You made a tall claim, and still haven’t substantiated it. Why?

          Show me this proof that we have the batteries to eliminate all fossil fuels.

          You know that’s how it works, right? You make a claim, you need evidence to support it…

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            This you?

            We do not currently have the battery tech to have a fully renewables-powered grid where batteries are used for the regular dips in production wind and solar have.

            We likely won’t have infrastructure like that in place for decades.

            Put up or shut up.

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              Right, and I replied to a comment where you claimed we can just use batteries to replace everything but renewables.

              Put up or shut up. Where’s the data?

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                No, I said this

                If only we had some way of storing energy for use later. Oh well.

                Not this, as you claim

                Right, and I replied to a comment where you claimed we can just use batteries to replace everything but renewables.

                Why are you making stuff up?

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                  Yes, exactly. And we don’t have a way to store all that energy. So I’m not sure why you’re lying by saying we do.

                  Why are you lying?