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> > I'm pretty sure this cost comparison comes down firmly on the side of wind/solar/storage. > Very unlikely. Nuclear costs are sky high only because in the l
by cycomanic 4y ago
> > I'm pretty sure this cost comparison comes down firmly on the side of wind/solar/storage.
> Very unlikely. Nuclear costs are sky high only because in the last decades it was suppressed rather than invested in and improved. Had it seen the same level of support the wind and solar energy have, we'd have a dirt-cheap abundance of nuclear power, with very little carbon emissions. Take away the red tape and scaremongering, and wind/solar/storage combination will be left very far behind in costs and efficiency.
And your sources are? Nuclear power has received significantly more subsidies than solar and wind combined [1] (note you can find similar numbers for Europe) . The myth that somehow solar and wind received more subsidies is just propaganda.
[1] https://cen.acs.org/articles/89/i51/Long-History-US-Energy-Subsidies.html https://cen.acs.org/articles/89/i51/Long-History-US-Energy-S...
- cthor 4y agoGP refers to "last decades" but that source is from 2011 with data ending at 2009. Do you have data for the last decade?
- ncmncm 4y agoThere is no way that any renewable subsidies in the past decade could match the many decades prior. And, those subsidies are still running.
- cycomanic 4y agoWhy would we not look at the total subsidies over time? Here's the spending for Europe until 2007 [1], how much subsidies would have to be given to renewables to make up that difference? Here is some more data on hidden subsidies for later dates going to fossils and nuclear [2], but is not a comprehensive comparison of subsidies. [1]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/06/Too_much_money_for_dirty_energy.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/06/Too_much... [2] https://www.euractiv.com/section/electricity/news/greenpeace-study-throws-light-on-europes-hidden-energy-subsidies/ https://www.euractiv.com/section/electricity/news/greenpeace...