Comments by "SmallSpoonBrigade" (@SmallSpoonBrigade) on "ASAPScience: BUSTED!!" video.

  1. It's not, it is a part of the solution, but it's definitely not perfect. It is a great option for base production while the energy storage problem is solved. In the long term though, it's going to be a combination of solar, wind, hydroelectric power doing pretty much all of that. That assumes that commercially viable fusion reactors don't ever work out. (Admittedly, we're closer on that now than ever in the past, but it's still going to be decades if it works out)
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  2.  @coocoo3336  The main issue with the current crop of renewables is that they don't work all the time. Solar works great during the day when the sun is out and wind power works great if you've got wind, but you need some way of ensuring that you have the necessary power when you need it. That's where nuclear comes in. I'm sure that eventually the problem of shifting power around will be solved, but nuclear is the thing that we could do right now to fill the gap while that happens.
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  3. That makes a lot of sense, the weight is external to the vehicle, so you get nearly all the energy.
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