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Re:Atmospheric CO2 levels accelerate upwards by enugu on Tuesday April 11, 2017 @01:10PM (#14090115)
Yes, but as this article shows, there are much higher costs coming up for us. If we came to a consensus that this technology is important and devoted resources to this, we would see a lot of improvements in these parameters.

The problem is that neither the market nor governments work well for these long term decisions. We are spending lot of resources on trivialities due to our short term mindset.

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Re:Atmospheric CO2 levels accelerate upwards by zizee on Tuesday April 11, 2017 @07:03PM (#14093299)
I think Reason077 is arguing that it is quicker and cheaper long term to invest in wind/solar rollout and storage solutions than nuclear. i.e. it is a better solution all round.

It is a valid point. Once batteries are cheap enough, it solar and wind become an obvious solution, with little political backlash.

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