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In America maybe. Lets see what the Chinese do with their nuclear rollout before calling it impossible yet. They might also abandon theirs on account of being
by jpgvm 3y ago
In America maybe. Lets see what the Chinese do with their nuclear rollout before calling it impossible yet.
They might also abandon theirs on account of being able to make solar incredibly cheap domestically, but they also might not, we have to wait and see.
- npongratz 3y agoChina might also abandon their nuclear rollout in preference to coal -- consider their recent surge in building coal power plants, "despite climate pledges": https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/chinas-coal-country-full-steam-ahead-with-new-power-plants-despite-climate-2023-11-30/ https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/chinas-coal-country-f... Or, maybe they'll build out all-of-the-above electricity-generating options, depending on how their political leaders feel.
- adrianN 3y agoChina is rolling out a couple of orders of magnitude more renewables than nuclear though. I think every country that wants nuclear bombs also needs a civilian nuclear industry, then the economics of the nuclear plants are less important.