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Industry needs high density power. Which renewables cannot provide.
Houses: renewables
Businesses: renewables
Industrial and (some) data centers: nuclear
Otherwise it's going to be: renewables and coal or gas. Those last two are terrible so go nuclear!
A nice summary: https://robertbryce.substack.com/p/the-iron-law-of-power-density-part