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Frankly this whole thing is worth it if it scares Taiwan and Japan into building new nuclear capacity. Taiwan has been suicidally turning off nuclear generatio
by bpodgursky 8mo ago
Frankly this whole thing is worth it if it scares Taiwan and Japan into building new nuclear capacity. Taiwan has been suicidally turning off nuclear generation for a decade despite it being the last country on earth that wants to rely on naval imports of essential goods.
- foota 8mo agoCould it be because nuclear is highly centralized? I would expect that something like solar/wind power would be better for decentralization (in a war). Even if you don't blow up a nuclear plant, it seems like cutting the power from one would be relatively easy.
- bpodgursky 8mo agoRussia has refrained from hitting Ukraine's nuclear plants directly, and Ukraine has more or less kept them connected to the grid (albeit with nonstop repair efforts). Transformer substations are more vulnerable targets but it's hard to be decentralized enough to not have those.