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Re:Japan is holding back as the world rushes toward electric... by ekianjo on Sunday August 22, 2021 @06:09AM (#28264231)
Electricity is far from cheap in Japan now that the nuclear power plants have all been shut down after 2011. That's also a factor that's not going to change anytime soon.
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Re:Japan is holding back as the world rushes toward electric... by cbmuser on Sunday August 22, 2021 @06:40AM (#28264384)
That’s fakenews. 10 plants are already back online, more are being prepared for restarts.

> http://www.genanshin.jp/english/facility/map/

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Re:Japan is holding back as the world rushes toward electric... by ekianjo on Sunday August 22, 2021 @09:06AM (#28265157)
According to https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC%E3%81%AE%E5..., only 8 are currently online, and that's out of 50 reactors. So yeah, nuclear is mostly shut down in Japan. Call me again when it reaches 50% of its former capacity instead of arguing small numbers.
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