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You’re missing the point which is to create jobs, it’s what the Canadian government is pushing really hard for now, with all the infrastructure projects it’s la
by loloquwowndueo 4mo ago
You’re missing the point which is to create jobs, it’s what the Canadian government is pushing really hard for now, with all the infrastructure projects it’s launching.
Something that will need people working on building for 15 years sounds about right for what government is doing now.
- gottorf 4mo ago> You’re missing the point which is to create jobs I sure hope that the ultimate point of a government push to build nuclear powerplants is in fact getting nuclear powerplants on the other side, not just jobs along the way. The latter seems responsible for so many ills in today's Western societies.
- loloquwowndueo 4mo agoNuclear plants would reduce Canada’s energetic reliance on other countries but - is there any, really? Last I checked, Quebec at least exports power to other provinces and the US. Sure with more power generation Canada has more to sell and any country would be happy to have more energy, but it doesn’t sound like something the country _needs_ as much as, say, more housing. Or deep health care system improvements and staffing. Or … jobs.
- gottorf 4mo agoCheaper energy unlocks all of those things. All human problems are energy problems, in the end.
- senderista 4mo agoSounds like California high speed rail, where the state government is actually touting the number of jobs created as the measure of its success, even without a single mile of working track.
- loloquwowndueo 4mo agoSounds like Canadian high speed rail :)
- Moldoteck 4mo agoyou can create even more jobs with ren. But not all jobs are the same. With ren you compete with China. With nuclear - you are somewhat protected since many don't like the idea of a hualong near them
- loloquwowndueo 4mo agoWhat’s ren? What’s hualong?
- Moldoteck 4mo agoRen= renewables. Hualong is the domestic Chinese reactor design