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> Also this is why we can't quickly build many reactors to ramp up electric generation for millions of new electric cars, etc. "We" here means any country on t
by _aavaa_ 2y ago
> Also this is why we can't quickly build many reactors to ramp up electric generation for millions of new electric cars, etc.
"We" here means any country on the planet. Nuclear plants are simply inherently more complicated and more risky to build that the alternatives. Even China, who often rightly, gets criticized for pushing through individual rights on such projects can't build them quickly.
Look at the shape of these curves [1], nuclear is flatlining while renewables are accelerating at incredible speed.
[1]:https://cleantechnica.com/2023/02/06/renewables-in-china-trend-upward-while-nuclear-trends-flat/ https://cleantechnica.com/2023/02/06/renewables-in-china-tre...