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The French have 100 varieties of cheese, and 3 varieties of nuclear power plants. In the USA it's the opposite. More seriously, the French nuclear buildout (th
by jabl 5y ago
The French have 100 varieties of cheese, and 3 varieties of nuclear power plants. In the USA it's the opposite.
More seriously, the French nuclear buildout (the Messmer plan), was a state driven program doing series building of large nuclear power plants. That is the recipe for quickly building out capacity on time and on budget.
(The delays and cost overruns seen today with the EPR's are largely due to there being such a long pause in building these that much of the knowhow was lost.)
- dredmorbius 5y agoSo ... the free market approach doesn't work, government intervention, leadership, and subsidy is necessary?
- AniseAbyss 5y agoWell contrary to what Republicans believe all the great things America has done have been funded by the Federal government.
- dredmorbius 5y agoNot all. But many, yes. (A few of the not-so-great things as well.)
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- bell-cot 5y agoWell, if the "free market" wants to create unique, hand-crafted nuclear power plants, with generally inexperienced workers... While the government's alternative is something between a production line and cookie-cutter tract houses, with experienced workers... Then duh. Not hard to figure out which one has an overwhelming advantage.
- dredmorbius 5y agoSomewhat my point, yes.