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Re:Use of nuclear technology gets green light in Rwanda by loeg on Wednesday June 17, 2020 @11:36PM (#23559571)
> But who is advocating for coal in lieu of Nuclear, other than say China?

Germany, for example, is literally dismantling their nuclear energy program and the slack is taken up with coal. Due to self-named "green" advocacy.

Or anyone arguing against nuclear in the developing world, for example. The status quo is coal.

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Re:Use of nuclear technology gets green light in Rwanda by dispat0r on Thursday June 18, 2020 @04:48AM (#23561114)
It gets a lot crazier than that. Germany is also closing coal plants. If not enough power is available we are importing from France(nuclear) or Poland(coal) for a premium of course. Germany's energy policy is a complete fail and should never be praised.
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Re:Use of nuclear technology gets green light in Rwanda by pfdietz on Thursday June 18, 2020 @07:51AM (#23562170)
The US has built just one new coal power plant in the last five years (a tiny one in Alaska). Coal is not the status quo; coal is collapsing here. Neither nuclear nor coal is the way forward.
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Re:Use of nuclear technology gets green light in Rwanda by loeg on Thursday June 18, 2020 @11:18AM (#23563863)
You've taken that statement completely out of context: "in the developing world."
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Re:Use of nuclear technology gets green light in Rwanda by pfdietz on Thursday June 18, 2020 @05:18PM (#23568156)
Granted. However, even in the poorer countries coal is struggling. Look at India -- there is great risk of stranded coal assets there as solar crashes the price of electricity.
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