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A comment on Vietnam Going Solar After Nuclear Power Plants Shelved. Parent comment

Re:Vietnam Going Solar After Nuclear Power Plants Shelved by adventured on Monday August 20, 2018 @11:29AM (#17800748)
I agree with you that poorer developing nations will want to generally avoid high upfront costs to new energy (if they can). Doesn't building new coal plants present high upfront cost just the same?
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Re:Vietnam Going Solar After Nuclear Power Plants Shelved by greglindahl on Monday August 20, 2018 @11:53AM (#17800946)
Yes. A modern, efficient coal power plant has to be large and takes a while to build. Solar and wind can be built incrementally.
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