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Isn't nuclear still really expensive? I read that Entergy was shutting down some nuclear plants they recently acquired because they had not-good track records a
by scurvy 10y ago
Isn't nuclear still really expensive? I read that Entergy was shutting down some nuclear plants they recently acquired because they had not-good track records and it cost more to produce energy than what they could sell it for [0].
In networking terms, nuclear energy always felt like Infinband or ATM to me. In theory, superior in many ways but in reality a pain in the ass that never really quite worked well. What the world needs is Ethernet and nothing more. I'm not sure what the energy equivalent of Ethernet is, but I know it aint nuclear.
[0] http://www.nbcchicago.com/investigations/Nuclear-Plant-on-Lake-Michigan-Plans-to-Permanently-Shut-Down-405526615.html http://www.nbcchicago.com/investigations/Nuclear-Plant-on-La...
- kashkhan 10y agoThe expense comes from unwise regulation and lack of development i.e. pork. It works perfectly fine in france which is 80% powered by nuclear. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power_in_France#/media/File:Electricity_in_France.svg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power_in_France#/media...
- scurvy 10y ago"We? No, we are not French. We're American, because you're in America, okay? Greatest country on the planet." (movie quote before anyone gets too upset)