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On Wednesday, 14 August 2019 15:11:01 UTC+1, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

Diversity for its own sake is meaningless. You need to examine how many
single points of failure there are.


and how often it happens

With wind, it is the wind itself.


very frequent

With solar, it is the daylight.


every day

With Hydro, it is the rain


less frequent

With fossil fuel, it is the fuel supply


rarely

There is no single point of failure for nuclear power, except political
interference.

you can stockpile 100 years of fuel easily and with no huge expense.



NT