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Yep, also noticed most of the people screaming about those people are also adamantly against the one proven technology ready to tackle this problem. They'd rath

Yep, also noticed most of the people screaming about those people are also adamantly against the one proven technology ready to tackle this problem. They'd rather watch our planet die.

lutorm 10y ago
I assume you're referring to nuclear power, which a) has its own environmental problems and b) is really expensive, to the point of not being cost-competitive. In general, it seems the people who are complaining about government subsidies for renewable energy development have no problems with massive government subsidies to the nuclear power industry. I'm not anti-nuclear, per se, but given the huge potential downsides and massive lead times of current nuclear projects I don't think it's at all "ready to tackle this problem". But we should absolutely fund research into technologies like MSR, thorium, etc. We do need something to replace base loads, and I don't think biomass is going to cut it.
- strken 10y ago
  Interestingly, energy from American nuclear reactors increased in price by somewhere between a factor of six[0] and a factor of ten[1], possibly as a result of Three Mile Island. French nuclear seems to be cheaper than wind and solar. [0] http://www.vox.com/2016/2/29/11132930/nuclear-power-costs-us-france-korea http://www.vox.com/2016/2/29/11132930/nuclear-power-costs-us... [1] http://web.archive.org/web/20170213025941/https://www.researchgate.net/figure/292964046_fig6_Overnight-Construction-Cost-and-Construction-Duration-of-US-Nuclear-Reactors-Color http://web.archive.org/web/20170213025941/https://www.resear...
  - redtexture 10y ago
    Perhaps the cheap nuclear power era in France will soon end. "France’s Nuclear Storm: Many Power Plants Down Due to Quality Concerns" by Lee Buchsbaum - Power Magazine - (12/01/2016) http://www.powermag.com/frances-nuclear-storm-many-power-plants-down-due-to-quality-concerns/?printmode=1 http://www.powermag.com/frances-nuclear-storm-many-power-pla...
- andromeduck 10y ago
  France went from 10% to 80% nuclear in 20 years and without increasing costs relative to the rest of the EU. Show me another generation technology capable of the same.

Yep, also noticed most of the people screaming about those people are also adamantly against the one proven technology ready to tackle this problem. They'd rather watch our planet die.

lutorm 10y ago

I assume you're referring to nuclear power, which a) has its own environmental problems and b) is really expensive, to the point of not being cost-competitive. In general, it seems the people who are complaining about government subsidies for renewable energy development have no problems with massive government subsidies to the nuclear power industry. I'm not anti-nuclear, per se, but given the huge potential downsides and massive lead times of current nuclear projects I don't think it's at all "ready to tackle this problem". But we should absolutely fund research into technologies like MSR, thorium, etc. We do need something to replace base loads, and I don't think biomass is going to cut it.

strken 10y ago
Interestingly, energy from American nuclear reactors increased in price by somewhere between a factor of six[0] and a factor of ten[1], possibly as a result of Three Mile Island. French nuclear seems to be cheaper than wind and solar. [0] http://www.vox.com/2016/2/29/11132930/nuclear-power-costs-us-france-korea http://www.vox.com/2016/2/29/11132930/nuclear-power-costs-us... [1] http://web.archive.org/web/20170213025941/https://www.researchgate.net/figure/292964046_fig6_Overnight-Construction-Cost-and-Construction-Duration-of-US-Nuclear-Reactors-Color http://web.archive.org/web/20170213025941/https://www.resear...
- redtexture 10y ago
  Perhaps the cheap nuclear power era in France will soon end. "France’s Nuclear Storm: Many Power Plants Down Due to Quality Concerns" by Lee Buchsbaum - Power Magazine - (12/01/2016) http://www.powermag.com/frances-nuclear-storm-many-power-plants-down-due-to-quality-concerns/?printmode=1 http://www.powermag.com/frances-nuclear-storm-many-power-pla...
andromeduck 10y ago
France went from 10% to 80% nuclear in 20 years and without increasing costs relative to the rest of the EU. Show me another generation technology capable of the same.