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"This is bad because of externalities, the externalities are big and will grow" is exactly why we don't have general nuclear power, saying it's the only argumen

"This is bad because of externalities, the externalities are big and will grow" is exactly why we don't have general nuclear power, saying it's the only argument doesn't make it a weak argument.

ajiang 6y ago
When the cost is directly paid by the actor, it isn't an externality. It is the literal opposite of what externality means.
- drdeca 6y ago
  carbon emissions aren't currently paid for by the person paying for and using the electricity?
- detaro 6y ago
  And pollution is usually not, or only partially, paid for by neither the energy producer nor the consumer. Thus it's an externality.