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What stops nuke construction today is that it costs a hell of a lot more, and you don't get any kWh out for years, if ever. Most usually, lately, you pour in $b
by ncmncm 5y ago
What stops nuke construction today is that it costs a hell of a lot more, and you don't get any kWh out for years, if ever. Most usually, lately, you pour in $billions for years and get nothing out but a lot of scrap concrete.
- throwaway894345 5y agoI don't know that it costs "a hell of a lot more" for a unit of reliable energy, but yeah, you can deploy renewable energy in smaller units more quickly (it might take you a decade to build out a GW of nuclear capacity or a GW of solar capacity, but at least in the case of solar you don't need the full GW to complete before you can start selling power). However, to be clear, this is the economic argument, not the health argument that the OP was debating.