Nuclear Energy Was Pakistan’s Top Power Source in December 2022

[Corruptistan]

That's not the argument, the argument is when things go wrong it can become catastrophic and a huge environmental disaster as we have seen in Japan, Russia, USA , UK etc. . You haven't addressed the point of radioactive waste contaminating the land but then you dwelled onto some future pie in the sky solution which has it's own inherent risk to cause a global disaster. Karachi and surround areas are at risk of Earthquakes and hurricanes so Nuke plants should be kept far away from population areas but ideally there should be no nuclear power except experimental ones for weapons research.

Nuclear power is the safest and cheapest source of energy for Pakistan. Probably the most environmental friendly as well once the molten salt reactors enter mass production which is just a question of time. The nuclear field is constantly changing for the better too. Meaning more effectivity and safety.

Your last part of the post is an oxymoron. You agree with nuclear fuel used for actual potentially destructive purposes (in other words weapons intended for said destruction = nuclear weapons) but you are opposed to nuclear energy? I don't get it.

 

[FuturePAF]

Something else I hope takes off in a big way in Pakistan is geothermal heat pumps.

It’s expensive to put in (dandelion energy charges about $40,000 for a house in the US), but for the long get it keep energy costs low. If advancements in the technology can be made, perhaps the costs can be brought down further, or at least the costs to install it can be mostly via domestic companies and therefore help economic growth and minimize the need for imported energy via oil and gas or even transmission line losses. Perhaps even allowing small producers like individual homes to supply electricity to the grid and earn some money.

Combining this with domestic solar panel production can help create more smaller home based producers that can supply to the grid.

On a larger scale, considering our entire country has one major techtonic fault line going through it, north to south, building geothermal plants should also be looked into.

If local companies can start producing and home owners can start installing Geothermal heat pumps, considering how much of the electricity is used just for cooling, much can be saved and reinvested into local industries.

If we had a more reliable grid and no load shedding, perhaps the amount used on UPS systems would also go down.

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