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Re:White House eyes subsidies for nuclear plants to help mee... by foxbarrington on Wednesday May 05, 2021 @01:29PM (#27052902)
If the negative externalities that are killing our planet are included in the cost, those killers become less profitable. This can be done via taxes or other means.
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Re:White House eyes subsidies for nuclear plants to help mee... by inopinatus on Wednesday May 05, 2021 @01:38PM (#27053038)
Unfortunately, oligopolies invariably perceive such measures as incentive & opportunity for regulatory capture i.e. corruption, which resets progress.

It follows that correcting the energy market requires also restructuring the sector.

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