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Far from it. After years of promotion, investment and development, wind and solar energy prices dropped 10-20x in the last decades. Same cost reduction can very
by Andrew_nenakhov 6y ago
Far from it. After years of promotion, investment and development, wind and solar energy prices dropped 10-20x in the last decades. Same cost reduction can very well happen with nuclear power, and it'll take far less space than solar and wind, will disrupt the nature less, and will be much more reliable and predictable, capable of producing energy on demand and not requiring any storage.
- pfdietz 6y agoNuclear had many decades in which its cost could drop. That failed to happen. Unlike with renewables, nuclear never had relentless cost decline. Its learning curve has even shown negative learning, with costs rising with time rather than falling. There's something about nuclear that just keeps it from getting cheaper. The scale and complexity of nuclear plants probably has something to do with it, and also the maturity of the non-nuclear side.
- Andrew_nenakhov 6y agoFor the past 40+ years there was an non-stop ongoing attack on nuclear energy. See "china syndrome" for more info. Fear-mongering is _the reason_ for the absence of progress and rising prices, not some technical obstacles.
- pfdietz 6y agoFear mongering must be incredibly powerful, if it has universally stopped nuclear from getting much (or at all) cheaper, everywhere in the world, in multiple cultures. Much more plausibly, the technology itself is to blame.