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If you can't insure something reasonably it's not economical. The risk is just externalized.
by dukoid 4y ago
If you can't insure something reasonably it's not economical. The risk is just externalized.
- acidburnNSA 4y agoIf fossil and biofuel had to insure against air pollution health effects they directly cause (8 million deaths/yr according to WHO), and climate change, then clean/carbon-free nuclear fission would absolutely dominate today.
- ncmncm 4y agoFossil and bio fuel are not what nukes and nuke construction are competing with, so mentioning them at all is an attempt to distract. We are not distracted.
- acidburnNSA 4y agoThe entire energy project right now is to decarbonize rapidly. The world energy mix is more than 80% fossil and biofuel. Nuclear is competing with fossil and biofuel. https://ourworldindata.org/energy-mix https://ourworldindata.org/energy-mix
- ncmncm 4y agoNo, nuke construction competes with renewables construction, and nuke operation with renewables operation. Nukes are absolutely obliterated on both. Only political bias allows nukes to continue.