Cost is one factor, but nuclear also has other advantages such as land use, amount of raw material required (to make the renewables and lithium etc. for battery storage), and benefits for power grid.
It’s nice that renewables is getting cheaper, and I’d definitely like to see more renewables in the mix, but my ideal long term scenario is a mix of nuclear, renewables and battery. I’m weakly open to a small amount of gas being used for power generation in the long term in some cases.
Cost is one factor, but nuclear also has other advantages such as land use, amount of raw material required (to make the renewables and lithium etc. for battery storage), and benefits for power grid.
It’s nice that renewables is getting cheaper, and I’d definitely like to see more renewables in the mix, but my ideal long term scenario is a mix of nuclear, renewables and battery. I’m weakly open to a small amount of gas being used for power generation in the long term in some cases.
I think my (updated based on the comments so far) conclusion is the same as yours!