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For once I wish the article was longer and would expand on the theme. For example, why did governments not think like this? Literally no country had this kind o
by gniv 4y ago
For once I wish the article was longer and would expand on the theme. For example, why did governments not think like this? Literally no country had this kind of policy. Even China_, which had so many long-term plans and executed them well, did not really overbuilt in terms of energy. They built the long-distance DC lines, which is a good start, but no generation capacity afaict.
PS. Actually France kind of did [1], but then they stopped.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power_in_France#Messmer_Plan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power_in_France#Messme...
- ben_w 4y agoThe only reason I would agree that China hasn't (past tense) overbuilt is because they're still building more generation capacity.
- wazoox 4y agoChina is currently building more than 20 nuclear reactors IIRC. They're building them at an incredible clip, faster (like 3 years) than anyone else in the past.
- gniv 4y agoYes, now multiple countries have started thinking like this. If we don't get cooked by the sun in the next 5 years, we'll have excess energy for a while.
- ritchiey 4y agoNixon did, but then other things happened. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Independence https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Independence
- thrown_22 4y agoNixon: the best president the US deserved.