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*WR plants take too long to build, tie-up too much capital for too long without ROI, and have messy logistics. It's fast and cheap to deploy zillions of solar
by 1letterunixname 3y ago
*WR plants take too long to build, tie-up too much capital for too long without ROI, and have messy logistics.
It's fast and cheap to deploy zillions of solar panels. It takes a bit longer to truck in the massive components of wind turbines and do a site install. We're already at 30% renewable production of all electricity worldwide. There isn't a compelling rationale for needing nuclear energy, more often it's individuals fixated on it because they want it. Business people or a nonprofit running an energy utility will look at the possibilities and the opportunity costs, and find nuclear isn't a very good fit given the alternatives apart from rare circumstances.