Europe asks if reviving nuclear is the answer to energy shocks

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g8k8vq8gno

Faced with new energy shock, Europe asks if reviving nuclear is the answer

As war drives up gas and fuel prices, Europeans turn again to the issue of energy independence.

Nuclear is the answer to our infinite appetite for energy. For the long term, nuclear will be part of the solution.

With that said, there is no such thing as an energy shock right now. Instead, Europe has allies who blatantly attacked a sovereign nation. The answer to that is to condemn and sanction the instigators. What are laws for if they can selectively applied? This is a political problem.

> Nuclear is the answer to our infinite appetite for energy

Approximately 100% of the energy in our solar system radiates from the Sun. Long term, solar is the answer. Nuclear is a really good carrier. In the medium term, we need more energy. Preferably cheap. Ideally clean. Going all in on one mode doesn't make sense because it virtually demand the creation of bottlenecks and single points of failure.

What do we do if another asteroid strikes, raises dust plumes and causes volcanic activity for years? The solution is to diversify renewable energy sources.

Nuclear takes to long to plan and build. If that is fixed, then great.

> What do we do if another asteroid strikes, raises dust plumes and causes volcanic activity for years?

A few nuclear plants will do absolutely nothing against a nuclear winter.