Nuclear power looks to regain its footing 10 years after Fukushima

Re:Nuclear power looks to regain its footing 10 years after ... by neaanopri on Wednesday March 10, 2021 @11:01PM (#26420053)

I'm skeptical 'big oil' campaigned against nuclear.

Oil doesn't compete for power generation, fossil fuel power is mostly from coal and natural gas.

I would totally believe coal companies did that

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Re:Nuclear power looks to regain its footing 10 years after ... by Turing_Machine on Wednesday March 10, 2021 @11:13PM (#26420122)

Err... natural gas (the largest component of current U.S. power generation) is produced by the exact same big oil companies, for the most part. The three largest natural gas producers in the United States are ExxonMobil, BP, and ConocoPhillips.

Also, before the Arab Oil Embargo hit in 1973 (causing oil prices to skyrocket) a significant amount (though not a majority by any means) of the U.S. electric grid was oil-fired.

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Re:Nuclear power looks to regain its footing 10 years after ... by TheSpiceIsLife on Thursday March 11, 2021 @01:21AM (#26420880)

What will it take to convince you of the facts?

https://www.wsj.com/articles/oil-gas-lobby-opposes-state-sub...

That should also give you some terms to search for other sources too if you feel compelled.

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Re:Nuclear power looks to regain its footing 10 years after ... by dcolkitt on Thursday March 11, 2021 @01:26AM (#26420915)

Maybe Big Oil was afraid of nuclear powered cars.[1] (Okay, this is mostly a joke...)

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Nucleon

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Re:Nuclear power looks to regain its footing 10 years after ... by aksss on Thursday March 11, 2021 @02:11AM (#26421195)

Hydrocarbons have nothing to worry about, even with nuclear. We are running into fossil fuels (our global usage is still climbing at a rapid pace), we have not flatlined, much less started to bend the curve downwards. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkj_91IJVBk&t=760s

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