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> The capital costs of nuclear are so high the current model of marketing electricity doesn’t work. It doesn't work because nuclear is the only power where all
by thrown_22 4y ago
> The capital costs of nuclear are so high the current model of marketing electricity doesn’t work.
It doesn't work because nuclear is the only power where all the externalities are accounted for. The average coal plant kills more people with radiation released from burning coal every year than all nuclear accidents combined.
But because it's nicely diffuse no one cares.
- scaredginger 4y agoSorry, what radiation is released from coal? Do you mean gas emissions?
- SECProto 4y ago> what radiation is released from coal? https://www.epa.gov/radtown/radioactive-wastes-coal-fired-power-plants https://www.epa.gov/radtown/radioactive-wastes-coal-fired-po...
- scaredginger 4y agoThanks The link you provided indicates the level of radiation is negligible, so I'm not sure what your point is.
- danielheath 4y agoIt's higher (IIRC, orders of magnitude higher) than the amount of radiation released by an operating nuclear plant.
- aperson_hello 4y agoAnd that number includes all nuclear accidents as well iirc
- VintageCool 4y agoCoal is dying in the United States for economic reasons, anyway.
- thrown_22 4y agoYes, because natural gas is cheaper. Amazing. When people said we'd be using renewables I somehow didn't think dinosaur farts would be the largest slice of the pie.