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Germany and Japan had nuclear plants back when global warming was nobody's priority. It was competitive with fossil fuels then. Now that nuclear power is fall
by yongjik 6y ago
Germany and Japan had nuclear plants back when global warming was nobody's priority. It was competitive with fossil fuels then.
Now that nuclear power is fallen out of favor, they went back to fossil fuels, instead of renewables, because it's cheaper for them.
So apparently the advances in renewables didn't just make renewables cheaper: it also made nuclear more expensive than fossil fuels!
Or, maybe, nuclear is now considered "more expensive" largely thanks to the huge negative PR.
- pfdietz 6y agoContinuing to operate their existing reactors would certainly have been cheaper for Japan. So the decision to replace them with fossil fuels (now LNG + CC, not the fossil fuels of decades ago) wasn't driven by economics.
- fomine3 6y agoAfter 2011, nuclear plants in Japan need to be audited that means plants must be stopped near the future. It causes massive power supply crisis so power companies built power plant as fast as possible. IIRC LNG power plant is said fastest plant to build and start operating.