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If you reject cheap renewable energy today because of some nuclear power pipe dream you're basically a lobbyist for fossil fuels, even if you don't know it. Be
by skrause 3y ago
If you reject cheap renewable energy today because of some nuclear power pipe dream you're basically a lobbyist for fossil fuels, even if you don't know it.
Because there is absolutely no reason not to assume that those new nuclear power plants will once again take least 20 years to build (and will be 3 times over budget). That's quite a long time span that you need to fill with fossil fuels.
- pydry 3y agoAlso a lobbyist for nuclear weapons and the military industrial complex. The only reason countries want to maintain an industrial nuclear supply chain and skills base is because they are a nuclear power already (France, Russia, US, etc.) or because they are purchasing the option to become one in a hurry (Iran, Sweden, South Korea, etc.). Governments don't firehose subsidies at a form of power that has an LCOE 5x the cost of its competitors and give it free catastrophe insurance on top for the hell of it.
- dfgfek 3y ago>Also a lobbyist for nuclear weapons and the military industrial complex. People will post stuff like this and then act surprised when others are put off.
- mensetmanusman 3y ago20 Year regulatory delays can easily be overcome with political will. Political will requires a median IQ high enough to understand the tradeoffs and lack fear from decades pass, which I don't think is possible this century.
- bryanlarsen 3y agoMost of that 20 years is construction time, not regulatory delays. For example, Finland's latest took 18 years to build after construction started. The regulatory delays were significant and on top of the 18 years.