Re:The Texas power outage is a nation-wide problem
by onepointsixC on Friday February 19, 2021 @08:57AM
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I absolute agree that nuclear should be part of the conversation, but the biggest barriers to nuclear is regulation and costs. Spending all the effort needed to build a plant just to not run it at maximum capacity all the time would be an unaffordable luxury. It makes much more economic sense to have it be base.
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Re:The Texas power outage is a nation-wide problem
by ineedasername on Friday February 19, 2021 @10:29AM
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would be an unaffordable luxury
An underutilized nuclear plant may still be a necessity instead of a luxury if we're running out of time on CO2 emissions. In this case, making economic sense may run counter to long term human interests.