Are we using that much oil for energy? The leading non renewable power source now is natural gas or similar, which I didn't think interacted much with the oil market. So even without nuclear, if the future is natural gas pipelines for baseload oil would still be mostly a manufacturing and vehicle fuel deal.
replyMy understanding is that the shift towards natural gas is largely because it is a very cheap byproduct of fracking (for oil). It happens to be "greener" when burned so gets green-washed also.
replyI wonder what would happen if oil demand was significantly reduced, thus reducing fracking.
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replyAh yes, nuclear is known for having cheap replacement costs, especially Fukushima was known for being particularly cheap.
replySolar power is the worst, it gets more expensive every year.
Regarding batteries... It's over for sodium based batteries (the ones promising us cheap battery storage) because dry coated Lithium ion batteries are coming onto the market which means sodium batteries are an economic dead end.
Until we get dry coated sodium ion batteries of course. Not sure it's over.
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