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Re:Open Sustainable Technology by pydry on Thursday November 26, 2020 @04:55AM (#25218490)
it doesn't really make sense to scale up a form of power that's 2-4x the cost (more if you include research costs for newer designs) just because it can act as baseload. Over producing, demand shaping and storage will be cheaper.

Nuclear is only financially viable because the government subsidizes it - usually to maintain weapons technology.

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Re:Open Sustainable Technology by RealityVoid on Thursday November 26, 2020 @07:10AM (#25219246)
So what if it's 2-4x the cost if it's clean? I assertthe externalities of pollution are afar more than 2-4x. I also strongly doubt that it _is_ 2-⁴x as expensive.
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Re:Open Sustainable Technology by pydry on Thursday November 26, 2020 @09:35AM (#25220317)
I meant 2-4x the cost of equally carbon neutral technology.

Solar and wind are almost absurdly cheap. It barely makes economic sense to build anything else.

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Re:Open Sustainable Technology by hannob on Thursday November 26, 2020 @09:17AM (#25220196)
it's 2-4x the cost compared to other almost carbon free options.
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