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As a Brit I have been underwhelmed at our efforts to go nuclear (Sizewell C cost ‘has doubled since 2020 and could near £40bn’ https://www.theguardian.com/busin
by tim333 2y ago
As a Brit I have been underwhelmed at our efforts to go nuclear (Sizewell C cost ‘has doubled since 2020 and could near £40bn’ https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/jan/14/sizewell-c-cost-nuclear-power-plant-edf https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/jan/14/sizewell-c-...)
and would rather like some cheap solar panels and insulation to help get away from our impressively high energy costs. Sadly I live in a flat so it's not really a goer.
My dad had a 160 acre farm outside London on which you could have had loads of solarpunk type dwelling at zero cost to the government but instead it's impossible to build anything due to regulations plus they spend the billions on overpriced Sizewells.
I daresay the reason you can't build anything is people want green countryside rather than packed in unsightly housing estates but maybe something like the art in the Wikipedia could satisfy both? Functional while not hideous?
- modo_mario 2y agoI live in an area of Belgium with plenty of countryside sprawl. We're kind of famous for our endless suburbia fragmenting the agricultural land and nature. In my grandparents era most people out here were backyard farmers. That's not even remotely the case now. Assuming you want to not grow less produce you can prep for higher agricultural land prices. Meanwhile It's ridiculously bad for traffic and getting every other kind of utility available everywhere.