The thesis Thesis, Fabian Forster's view Not yet written: scarcity and the allocation of scarce resources; proportionality; what changed in fission since the eighties; what Asia is building and where the West is restarting; why SMRs matter; waste as an engineering problem that is politically unsolved; where the uranium chain is tightest. This slot is reserved for the author; the data above is not an opinion.
Where capital goes Thesis, Fabian Forster's view Not yet written: where capital goes. This slot is reserved for the author; the data above is not an opinion.
Levelized cost of electricity, USD/MWh Capacity factor LCOE System cost Land use Steel Concrete Copper Critical minerals Lifetime Life-cycle CO₂ Deaths per TWh Waste Construction time
Nuclear Solar PV Wind, onshore Wind, offshore Gas, combined cycle Gas, peaker Hydrogen Hydro Coal Battery storage
Rows shown: Lazard, Levelized Cost of Energy+ (LCOE v19.0, LCOS v11.0), July 2026 ; IEA (2024), Global Hydrogen Review 2024, executive summary ; IRENA, Renewable Power Generation Costs in 2024 (July 2025), summary for policy makers . Dataset read 9 Oct 2026; each row carries its own year, region and definition (hover or open the table). Download these rows as CSV . From the energy comparison dataset (/compare ), headline rows; the chart lists its sources.
What would change my mind Thesis, Fabian Forster's view Not yet written: what would change the author's mind. This slot is reserved for the author; the data above is not an opinion.