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> proposing unrealistic nuclear solutions to seriously focus on renewables. they're doing unrealistic nuclear proposals, because they know it takes a long time
by chii 2y ago
> proposing unrealistic nuclear solutions to seriously focus on renewables.
they're doing unrealistic nuclear proposals, because they know it takes a long time to ramp up, and in the mean time, their buddies' investments in the coal industry gets time to exit and profit properly. It's designed to prevent losses in fossil fuel investments.
Not to mention that australian nuclear cannot be profitable imho - not when solar is so cheap. Their current proposals for nuclear basically requires taxpayer subsidies.
- Gibbon1 2y agoLast time I visited this it felt to me that Australia's metro's are small and spread far apart so that a typical sized nuke plant is overkill.
- eru 2y agoThe South East of the country has some decent sized metro areas that aren't too far away from each other.
- TimJRobinson 2y ago50% of Australia lives in Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney. Having a nuclear power plant for each would make sense. Melbourne would make the most sense first as it gets a lot less sun than the others.
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