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He claims that nuclear power can't do anything because we can't build plants fast enough and that plant-construction costs have been rising. The first is a red
by thras 17y ago
He claims that nuclear power can't do anything because we can't build plants fast enough and that plant-construction costs have been rising.
The first is a red-herring. It depends a lot on climate projections and so forth. And since it's faster to expand nuclear power than any other emissions-free power, it's not actually an argument not to do it.
The second is more problematic. Cost. Maybe we've lost the ability to build cheap nuclear plants like we could in the 1960s. Maybe modern regulatory and labor problems are unsolvable. But I don't think so. They're a heck of a lot easier to solve than basic technology problems, which is what we're still running into with other forms of energy.
- masomenos 17y agoNuclear plants were cheap in the 60s?
- simonsarris 17y agoThey were a lot less nuanced in the 60s, for sure. With all modern proper safety procedures taken, I imagine they are more expensive now. (They also produce a mere fraction of the waste, now)
- tome 17y agoIt's not just safety procedures either. The whole reactor designs are safer now too.
- teeja 17y agoWHOOPS not again! http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,955183-1,00.html http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,955183-1,00...