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Thanks for that. That gave me a new perspective. I always sort of assumed that these solar projects were just over optimistic, because if the unit costs were tr
by willcipriano 5y ago
Thanks for that. That gave me a new perspective. I always sort of assumed that these solar projects were just over optimistic, because if the unit costs were true they would eventually just win the market. Having spent some time looking at atomic energy it seemed that a lot of the issue was regulation, that 20 year build delay seems to be 17 years of lawsuits and lobbying and 3 years of construction. I see now that isn't unique to nuclear. The reasons we aren't building out cleaner energy all that fast are human reasons not technical ones.
- bryanlarsen 5y agoRemember that those unit costs only recently came true. 5 years ago nuclear was still cheaper than renewables. Large utilities do not switch strategies very quickly.