7 ms·
They were only built with massive subsidies or through legal means being able to shift the costs to the ratepayers like the now cancelled Virgil C. Summer. htt
by Gwypaas 4y ago
They were only built with massive subsidies or through legal means being able to shift the costs to the ratepayers like the now cancelled Virgil C. Summer.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nukegate_scandal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nukegate_scandal
- throwaway4aday 4y agoSo you don't think we should subsidize technology that decarbonizes power production?
- Gwypaas 4y agoSure, spend money on solving energy storage even for the 99% case and I'm all in! That would be agtual R&D and not putting another round of subsidies in the nuclear companies pockets.
- yellowapple 4y agoI'd much rather we be spending massive subsidies on nuclear power (and space exploration, and science in general) than on an increasingly-bloated military-industrial complex.