> Canada plus all of Europe is only 1 in 10 people.
A bit less actually. But you cannot dismiss a technology that works for 10% of people. And we still weight more than this in terms of CO2.
> Global problems need global solutions
No, global problems need custom solutions suited to all the different situations. Thinking there exist one technology to rule them all that will solve the problem everywhere is not helpful to anyone.
> That's why every prediction has solar accelerating past nuclear deployment and heading for multiples of nuclear output.
This isn't a race! Stop thinking of technologies as if it was sport teams.
You are dismissing someone who (rightly) dismisses the tech for Ontario. I don't think anyone in this thread who dismisses solar (+ battery) for California or Texas, but dismissing nuclear because it's not helpful for California is just missing that not everyone live in a sunny places: Canadians and the majority of Europeans live farther north than Maine!
Please stop acting as if we don't exist.
SMR are a huge opportunity for 300+M people to dramatically reduce C02 emissions from electricity generation, for which there is no credible alternative.
And, in doing so, propelling both solar and batteries further down their well-demonstrated experience curves. Given this, it's very late in the day for nuclear. The competition is pulling away.
Global problems need global solutions and most people are not in nations near the poles with decades old nuclear plants they can coast on.
They need to build new energy plants, and live in areas where solar plus battery beat nuclear on multiple dimensions.
That's why every prediction has solar accelerating past nuclear deployment and heading for multiples of nuclear output.