That's a good point. It's similar to the situation with coal.
Coal = 39% Natural gas = 27% Nuclear = 19% Hydropower = 6% Other
renewables = 7% Biomass = 1.7% Geothermal = 0.4% Solar = 0.4%
Wind = 4.4% Petroleum = 1% Other gases < 1% Coal is King. It's
#1. Nuclear produces 19%. We can talk about replacing them
but... with what? If you can't build newer facilities that are
safer and more efficient, you're stuck with the old ones
crumbling and just look at the low numbers for the renewables? I
think we need better 'stop-gap" measures because renewables
aren't there yet. Haven't been there. Aren't there, yet
preventing upgraded facilities of proven technologies because of
public opinion makes it hard. Any transitioning to cleaner
energies needs long spans of time. Replace some old nuclear
plants with new efficient ones designed to last 50 years. Give
50 years for the other technologies to catch up and do better.
Give 50 years for more efficient batteries to be developed.
