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If fossil fuel power plants were legally responsible for harm caused by their carbon emissions, they would also be impossible to insure.

• Gwypaas 5y ago
  Who compares against fossil plants nowadays? Except wanting to put a carbon tax on them to account for that issue you mention. Truly, it's new built nuclear compared compared to renewables, storage and long-distance distance transmission. Spatial and temporal arbitrage of energy.
  • loeg 5y ago
    Germany is shutting down nuclear and replacing it with coal and gas. The comparison to fossil fuel is incredibly apt.
    • Gwypaas 5y ago
      Going by the German energy usage there's no replacement using fossil plants being done. It's all displaced by cheaper renewables, especially coal and old nuclear plants. https://www.cleanenergywire.org/sites/default/files/styles/gallery_image/public/paragraphs/images/fig2-gross-power-production-germany-1990-2020.png?itok=xVUsZl3M https://www.cleanenergywire.org/sites/default/files/styles/g...
    • germandiago 5y ago
      This is a silly move IMHO. The mix to go for should be clean + backup nuclear.
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