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>it is cheaper to build nuclear than to massively overbuild solar, wind, and grid level batteries. No nuclear power plant ever created has stopped costing mone
by Kon5ole 3y ago
>it is cheaper to build nuclear than to massively overbuild solar, wind, and grid level batteries.
No nuclear power plant ever created has stopped costing money yet, even ones that have been closed for 30+ years. They are costing taxpayers millions per year, each, for the foreseeable future. How can anyone know for sure what the actual cost will end up being?
Meanwhile, the cost per Mwh of batteries is very likely to fall, considering that almost every major economic centre started building battery gigafactories during the pandemic and new chemistries are already viable for cars.
I suspect that energy storage will soon be so obviously the right choice that even if someone decides to make a nuclear plant today, they won't finish it because it won't make financial sense.