> The reason nuclear is unpopular is that it is expensive. It's more expensive than coal and gas typically. It wouldn't be if coal and gas were forced to compl

> The reason nuclear is unpopular is that it is expensive. It's more expensive than coal and gas typically. It wouldn't be if coal and gas were forced to completely capture their carbon externalities-- (e.g. recapture and storage). Since much of the energy we get from burning coal just comes from liberating the carbon from a nice stored form in the first place, I wouldn't even assume that in a no-carbon-externality-world if coal was even an energy source at all.