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Right now, you're not charged the cost to humanity. You're charged the cost to you. That is the system. It's wrong, because it let's you externalise a lot of c
by LatteLazy 4y ago
Right now, you're not charged the cost to humanity. You're charged the cost to you.
That is the system. It's wrong, because it let's you externalise a lot of costs. But that is the system.
So you very much CAN sweep those things under the carpet.
Now as soon as every nation on earth agrees to a carbon price and emission limits and passes those costs down you might be right about the cost of coal being higher. But that isn't the world we live in.
That's the problem here: people conflate what is moral with what is actually happening. So you can go bankrupt building nuclear, and you'll be morally right (maybe, I still think the costs are way too high), but you will still be bankrupt and the world will still be emitting...
- ZeroGravitas 4y agoIt's both moral and economics. Basically every country already passes on costs for pollution and emissions. This is not a new problem. Some do it in complicated hidden ways, and some have the price set too low but in general it's happening, because it would be stupid (and immoral!) not to. China now has a national carbon price for example and is responsible for more than half of all coal usage. They're not doing that to be woke, it's just efficient, and it'll almost certainly mean their nuclear plants run more than they would otherwise. And make investing in renewables, which they're already world leaders in, even more attractive.
- LatteLazy 4y agoI think you have missed my point: If you build nuclear YOU can't pass the costs on. So YOU will pay them. So YOU will go bankrupt. Then the nuclear power stations will close and the coal guy will expand his plants. That is how this works. So you either need everyone to change how it works, globally (good luck with that), or you just have to operate within the system as is.