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Re:The key to tackling climate change: electrify everything by woodandsteel on Saturday October 28, 2017 @07:33PM (#15577239)
> Oil is the most highly subsidized, nuclear is one of the lowest, but solar, wind, and geothermal are even lower.

Really? How much would nuclear cost if it had to pay for insurance for the full possible cost of a nuclear accident?

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Re:The key to tackling climate change: electrify everything by fishcolorbrick on Monday October 30, 2017 @12:06PM (#15586082)
I don't know, cost of disaster recovery isn't in the analyses I've read. For nuclear power the failure modes for different fuels and generations is different, so any analysis would need to take that into account. If you find something would you please post it?
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