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Re:White House eyes subsidies for nuclear plants to help mee... by cameldrv on Wednesday May 05, 2021 @10:44AM (#27050490)
The subsidy is that they get to emit CO2 for free.
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Re:White House eyes subsidies for nuclear plants to help mee... by hackeraccount on Wednesday May 05, 2021 @10:51AM (#27050577)
Join the club? I mean, if they're doing it for free then we all are - if we're paying then so are they.
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Re:White House eyes subsidies for nuclear plants to help mee... by p1mrx on Wednesday May 05, 2021 @11:45AM (#27051398)
Yes, that's why taxing carbon would be useful; it encourages all emitters to find solutions in parallel.
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