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Re:Australia has enough solar, wind storage in pipeline to g... by perilunar on Thursday March 21, 2019 @09:44AM (#19452199)
> nuclear power missed its window of opportunity

It didn't 'miss' its window — it was actively shut out by the green movement. One of the great ironies of climate change really.

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Re:Australia has enough solar, wind storage in pipeline to g... by Brakenshire on Thursday March 21, 2019 @10:54AM (#19452998)
The green movement does not have that kind of political power, and in any case is split on nuclear. What has stopped nuclear is almost entirely economics.
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Re:Australia has enough solar, wind storage in pipeline to g... by SlowRobotAhead on Thursday March 21, 2019 @11:57AM (#19453850)
>The green movement does not have that kind of political power,

Disagree. Ignorance has immense political power.

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