Comments by "Jim Mcneal" (@jimmcneal5292) on "Is Nuclear Power “Too Expensive”?" video.

  1. Another important factor is EROI -- energy return on energy investment, i.e. how much energy you get per amount of energy you spent on mining required minerals, manufacturing, and refining fuel. Theoretically, EROI equal to 1 is enough to consider something an energy source, but in practice it should be higher, somewhere from 3 to 7. The thing is, solar power effectively has it below this threshold, unless you're pretty far down south, which makes it more of a battery rather than source of electricity. The wind power has EROI that is enough to make it a source of energy, but it's problem is that it dries the land behind it(which is not the problem if the wind turbine is installed in the sea) However if we factor in requirement to store energy, then both solar and wind power would fall below or close to the threshold, all while hydroelectric and gen III/III+ nuclear would have it 5-7 and 11 times higher than even the maximum estimate for threshold.
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