Just to be clear, are you saying I'm the one who is very ignorant? Or the guy in the video?
It may surprise you, but I don't disagree with you in spirit. I agree nukes are theoretically all we need. I say this as a VP of an energy services company.
However you are completely ignoring political realities and facts on the ground around why we have other forms of generation beyond nukes. The stand-up cost is exceptionally high, which creates a high barrier of entry to competition. They are incredibly centralized and do nothing to solve for grid congestion. There's still something of a question of what to do with the waste. And frankly, many in the public don't trust them to be safe (I disagree, modern Western designs are exceptionally safe).
Renewables are here, and popular. Should they replace base load? Hell no of course not. But they do provide a reasonable distributed alternative when paired with storage, even if it is to solve only for non-economic requirements.
Guy in video. Sorry of I want clear.
If you look at nuke pricing, it's not based on reality. It's pricing is bullshit created by politics created by evil men. I agree that nuke is best left for baseload. Though I hear load following is pretty good now. Small nuke and MSR advancements have come a long way.
As for, "waste", that's MSM bullshit. It's actually 92% fuel. Carter banned reprocessing. Nuclear and other technologies can also address this if allowed.
The real problem with green energy is it's based on giant lies. The true cost of green energy is green + conventional backing. By in large, they've been getting a free ride on preexisting fossil infrastructure. Grid scale storage certainly helps with some of the "green" issues, but costs dramatically rise. And bank failure can take out an entire grid.
You can't have a reliable grid past 50% "green" saturation. Energy costs can only rise at 50% saturation.
Which tells you, absolutely no one who is pushing for more than 50% saturation has anyone's best interests in mind but their own.
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