[ExI] Are mini nuclear power stations the way forward?

[Eugen Leitl]

On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 10:10:59AM +0100, BillK wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 12:38 PM, Eugen Leitl  wrote:
> > Tata can't magically route around thermodynamics.
> >
> > Not at all, progress is linear, and will be sublinear as
> > it asymptotically approaches the ceiling of the storage
> > technology:
> >
> 
> And thus spake Dilbert:
> 
> <http://dilbert.com/strips/comic/2011-03-29/>

Photovoltaics peak production in Germany now eclipses nuclear peak.
It's some 20% of total peak demand (17 GW of 85 GW).
Renewables would reach >100% peak by 2020, but the grid
can't handle that, so solar industry voluntarily
restricted growth.

Are there real ones? You decide.

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