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Also, infrastructure investment has a very long return on investment. (power plants for instance need to run decades to make back their profits, especially nucl
by kazen44 2y ago
Also, infrastructure investment has a very long return on investment. (power plants for instance need to run decades to make back their profits, especially nuclear power plants.
Other forms of energy generation come and massive ecological costs.
Are we really prepared to spend this much energy on a speculative technology? especially when it is destroying the planet while doing so?
- whimsicalism 2y agowe should already be spending a ton on renewables and transmission capacity. this is a good way to ensure emissions become sustainable
- radicality 2y ago“to make back their profits” - is electricity / energy generation usually all owned by for-profit companies and not at all by government/public? Is it any different in USA vs other countries? I feel that energy generation (key component if we want to grow as a species) should be helped/sponsored by governments and not really expected to turn any profit.