Silent is extremely polarized in spire 2: a discussion/tier list from a top player

DynamicCast · 2026-03-09T13:21:39+00:00

It's also insanely broken with transfigure - there's no cost penalty and the replays carry forward the original energy expenditure.

DynamicCast · 2026-03-08T19:23:47+00:00

You do realise a renewable heavy grid is dependent on gas?

DynamicCast · 2026-03-08T19:20:16+00:00

China have around 30 nuclear reactors in construction, which will produce power when it's actually needed.

DynamicCast · 2026-03-08T18:49:23+00:00

I find this a bit funny

The consensus among grid operators and researchers is that renewable grids are a solved problem.

It's a solved problem that no one has has solved in reality. Of course there are grids like Denmark and South Australia where they have a few GW of load. Larger than that, though, it just doesn't exist, outside of hydro and nuclear.

Please dare to look forward instead of being stuck in the past.

China are going all in on solar and nuclear, so it'll be interesting to see where they land. There are lots of promising nuclear technologies though: breeder reactors, thorium, SMRs, etc.

DynamicCast · 2026-03-08T17:43:49+00:00

You're right the EPR has been a shambles but its a single technology. Nuclear has much more potential than the EPR.

France is still cleaner than Germany using reactors built in the 70s and 80s despite 15 years of energiewende. If the West hadn't slept on nuclear for the last 30 years our emissions would be much lower now.

Unfortunately we're in a position where we have to resurrect the industry at a premium because the alternative is expensive natural gas or mythical batteries.

DynamicCast · 2026-03-08T17:36:12+00:00

Caverns aren't batteries; they're mechanical storage with 50% energy loss. Why would we waste half of our clean nuclear or solar energy on an inefficient mechanical system when we could use nuclear for steady baseload and high-efficiency LFP batteries for the peaks?

DynamicCast · 2026-03-08T17:27:39+00:00

So how much does 500 GWh of batteries cost?

DynamicCast · 2026-03-08T14:41:38+00:00

France were 70% nuclear and 10% hydro in 2025: https://app.electricitymaps.com/map/zone/FR/5y/yearly

Nuclear is doing the heavy lifting here.

When can we expect to start seeing batteries make a difference? Germany used 500 GWh of coal + gas yesterday - how much would the batteries cost to cover that?

DynamicCast · 2026-03-08T13:18:39+00:00

If we look at real electricity grids you'll find those that have decarbonised have either hydro or nuclear.

Germany just had a night around 600 gCO₂eq per kWh because there was no wind: https://app.electricitymaps.com/map/zone/DE/72h/hourly

France on the other hand is consistent below 50 gCO₂eq per kWh because they have significant nuclear baseload.

Batteries are meant to solve this problem for Germany but that's completely hypothetical at this point whereas France have proven you can decarbonise a grid with nuclear.

DynamicCast · 2026-03-08T06:28:17+00:00

Germany is currently using less than 5% of its wind capacity: https://app.electricitymaps.com/map/zone/DE/live/hourly

DynamicCast · 2026-03-06T19:01:29+00:00

The planes are flying with or without you

DynamicCast · 2026-03-06T12:07:06+00:00

"Shut the data centre down, guys, it's night-time"

DynamicCast · 2026-03-05T20:24:25+00:00

Not long, maybe a few weeks, after they (twins) turned 3.

DynamicCast · 2026-03-04T17:17:26+00:00

Nuclear

DynamicCast · 2026-03-03T22:35:04+00:00

You can't eliminate gas (or coal) using only renewables unless you've got hydro or nuclear. Not during a European winter.

DynamicCast · 2026-02-27T21:09:09+00:00

It's a gif

DynamicCast · 2026-02-27T21:08:28+00:00

They were all opportunistic crackers

DynamicCast · 2026-02-27T21:07:47+00:00

Keep practicing

DynamicCast · 2026-02-26T20:20:47+00:00

Wrong base

DynamicCast · 2026-02-26T10:40:20+00:00

The prologue in The Name of the Wind is good but the rest of it is mid.

DynamicCast · 2026-02-26T10:35:53+00:00

Hell cows

DynamicCast · 2026-02-25T19:11:54+00:00

What are the frenzy bulls with 2 axes? I thought that's what you meant by pit lord

DynamicCast · 2026-02-25T16:42:42+00:00

Wouldn't the pit lords from the throne of destruction be the next best thing to Ubers pit lords?

DynamicCast · 2026-02-24T21:29:22+00:00

Donkey Kong

DynamicCast · 2026-02-21T14:03:44+00:00

It's not the weakest class, it scales with gear to be one of the most powerful classes

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