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Why not both?

Nuclear is brilliant. All that is needed is to solve construction cost overruns, waste handling, no private sector insurability, uncompetitive pricing, nuclear weapons proliferation, and decommissioning cost overruns.

Agreed. And: where do the concrete, steel and electronic components to build and service these "energy sources" come from? ...not "renewable". But don't let accurate counting get in the way of accounting(tm).

you need less steel and concrete for nuclear than for renewables

electronics were not common when nuclear energy was built

also other comments pointed out how misleading the article is