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Re:Wind Energy Is One of the Cheapest, and It's Getting Cheaper by pjc50 on Monday September 04, 2017 @04:33PM (#15170692)
I'm glad we've abolished greed and incompetence in this future world.

(I'm also not sure why so many people are playing the nuclear/coal dichotomy when we got into this discussion from wind power and the default backup for renewables is now CCGT?)

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Re:Wind Energy Is One of the Cheapest, and It's Getting Cheaper by RivieraKid on Monday September 04, 2017 @05:46PM (#15171049)
The situation is completely different now. Reactor design is much safer, operational safety is at another level and safety risks are more clearly understood.
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