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“Bowing to anti-nuclear fears, New York chose to shut down a reliable and safe source of energy—and now burns more fossil fuels than before.”
by nxm 1y ago
“Bowing to anti-nuclear fears, New York chose to shut down a reliable and safe source of energy—and now burns more fossil fuels than before.”
- perihelions 1y agoThe same far-sighted leaders who permanently shuttered 2 GW of nuclear power, in a time of low electricity prices, would like credit, please, for their aspirational concept of a plan for building 1 GW of nuclear. To alleviate high electricity prices.
- phonon 1y agoTo be fair, that was mostly Cuomo. Who knows why he was so dead-set on its closure.
- nullc 1y ago> Who knows why he was so dead-set on its closure. https://dailycallernewsfoundation.org/2017/01/09/cuomos-deal-to-shut-down-a-nuclear-plant-soiled-by-bribery-charges/ https://dailycallernewsfoundation.org/2017/01/09/cuomos-deal... But no worries, looks like this time around the nuclear side has figured out that they need to pay their protection of money: https://nypost.com/2025/06/16/us-news/andrew-cuomo-hit-with-ethics-complaint-for-failing-to-disclose-2-6m-in-nuclear-stock-options/ https://nypost.com/2025/06/16/us-news/andrew-cuomo-hit-with-...
- phonon 1y agoUgh!
- cbm-vic-20 1y agoThe article is paywalled, presumably the reactor they're referring to is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Point_Energy_Center https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Point_Energy_Center "New York City's greenhouse gas emissions from electricity have increased from approximately 500 to 900 tons of CO2 per MWh from 2019 to 2022 as a result of the closure."