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This! Almost all of the pro-nuclear crowd misses that nuclear is just too expensive. Nobody brought a convincing argument why e.g. China wouldn't push Nuclear
by jpdus 5y ago
This!
Almost all of the pro-nuclear crowd misses that nuclear is just too expensive.
Nobody brought a convincing argument why e.g. China wouldn't push Nuclear way more if nuclear would economically be viable - there are no "activists" over there that would stop them from building thousands of reactors.
Additionally, most calculations that result in somewhat competitive prices for nuclear energy dismiss the implied subsidies (state guarantees as nuclear plants are uninsurable, waste handling until eternity) which are massive.
- sp332 5y agoChina has 50 nuclear plants running and over a dozen plants under construction right now. Kinda seems like they're ramping up to me.
- g8oz 5y agoThey are ramping up everything, solar and wind included. It's not clear to me that they regard nuclear as a panacea.
- jillesvangurp 5y agoChina is also still building coal plants. But that doesn't mean they see that as the future either. Like everybody else, they are not putting all their eggs in one basket but at the same time they like wind and solar a lot more than nuclear and coal. The bulk of their investments are going towards those at this point.