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Yes. Yes, you are. In none of those cases have economic considerations been dispositive, or even of much interest.

• shakow 4y ago
  That's moving goalposts; of course small-scale production is going to cost an arm and a leg. The original post said it was impossible, not expensive.
  • ncmncm 4y ago
    In an open, uncoerced market, anything too expensive does not happen. People opt for cheaper alternatives, or for more value for the same money. Or, somewhere in between.
    • shakow 4y ago
      Of course, and naturally, first-of-a-kind are bloody expensive. Maybe there's a way to make small nuke plants economical, maybe there's not, I dont' know. But it's definitely not ‶impossible″ to humankind.
      • ncmncm 4y ago
        They are all extra-super-expensive. Experience is that second and third of a design cost even more than the first one.