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Re:Tesla’s big battery in South Australia may prove the viab... by sitkack on Saturday July 08, 2017 @02:01AM (#14724323)
Who pays the cost when the wind turbine melts down?
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Re:Tesla’s big battery in South Australia may prove the viab... by danmaz74 on Saturday July 08, 2017 @03:15AM (#14724512)
And who pays the cost when you need to decommission a nuclear power plant?

I'm not against nuclear in general, but accounting should be apples-to-apples.

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Re:Tesla’s big battery in South Australia may prove the viab... by eecc on Saturday July 08, 2017 @04:55AM (#14724692)
I'm afraid you didn't read the sarcasm in "wind turbine melts down". The way I see it, the op was taking a dig at nukes
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Re:Tesla’s big battery in South Australia may prove the viab... by danmaz74 on Saturday July 08, 2017 @06:52AM (#14724957)
Ouch. You're probably right :)
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Re:Tesla’s big battery in South Australia may prove the viab... by senectus1 on Saturday July 08, 2017 @02:53AM (#14724454)
the same process for when a coal fired power station breaks down. the price of regular maintenance and in the event of catastrophic failure, insurance.
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Re:Tesla’s big battery in South Australia may prove the viab... by sametmax on Saturday July 08, 2017 @07:39AM (#14725053)
It was a joke.
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Re:Tesla’s big battery in South Australia may prove the viab... by tootie on Saturday July 08, 2017 @04:15PM (#14727002)
Known in the industry as Denmark Syndrome.
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