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Electric cars were never economically viable until a crazy person decided to go all in on the economies of scale for battery production. Part of the problem wi
by legitster 3y ago
Electric cars were never economically viable until a crazy person decided to go all in on the economies of scale for battery production.
Part of the problem with Nuclear is that no one right now is building reactors so startup costs are going to be crazy. But we are still going to need electricity in 30+ years from now so I don't understand why people are so opposed to breaking ground on new facilities just because it will take 15 years for them to pay for themselves.
- pfdietz 3y agoThe problem is trying to show a putative experience curve for nuclear is going to require spending something like a trillion dollars. That's not going to be funded just to show that this time, for sure, the nuclear advocates weren't BSing about how cheap it was going to be.
- adrianN 3y agoIt takes 15 years until they're through the planning phase, another ten to build them, and then they're likely outcompeted by renewables and never make back their cost.