Originally Posted by furloughfuntime

This attitude right here is why China leads us by leaps and bounds in battery technology and renewables. Diversified energy production is better than putting all your eggs in one basket, but small minds take a political view to what should be a question of physics and logistics.

Nuclear is fine, but the upfront costs make it currently much less viable than solar/wind, even with current battery technology.

When you're more interested in optics and politics than science and physics, you end up abdicating your position as energy superpower. This is why China has surpassed us in this field.

Maybe concern yourself more with wattage than whether something could be called "woke"