• Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social
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      1 year ago

      For all of the base-load talk, this is the real reason people are pushing nuclear.

      The projects always go over budget. They always go way over time, too. Both of these things are good for the banks who loan out the billions to build new plants. And they know that if the company goes bankrupt the government will subsidize it.

      Nuclear is just not economical enough to be part of a sustainable energy system.

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        1 year ago

        Nuclear is just not economical enough to be part of a sustainable energy system.

        It’s chicken and egg. We have no experience building nuclear on budget because nuclear is too expensive.

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        1 year ago

        Yeah well… Nuclear is too expensive and now I heard another rethoric on how renewables are not making enough profit to be worth it for the big companies. We’re going in circles before these people admit that coal and gas won’t be replaced by anything.

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        1 year ago

        But miraculously that isn’t the case of renewable? Let me lough.

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          1 year ago

          In the last ten years solar power has gone down in price by 80% and is now producing more power than nuclear.

          Plus when you buy a solar panel it starts making money immediately, unlike a reactor that doesn’t make money for 10-20 years after it starts up.