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Re:Nuclear startup Oklo gets thumbs-down from regulators by beders on Friday January 14, 2022 @04:40PM (#29940819)
> I hope for the sake of the planet that they do and they succeed.

The planet doesn't need nuclear. It just needs a concerted push to roll out renewables on a bigger scale and invest into promising long/medium term energy storage solutions (like various gravity storage solutions)

The opportunity costs for nuclear are just way too high.

https://www.oneearth.org/the-7-reasons-why-nuclear-energy-is...

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Re:Nuclear startup Oklo gets thumbs-down from regulators by jason0597 on Monday January 17, 2022 @08:41PM (#29973904)
> invest into promising long/medium term energy storage solutions (like various gravity storage solutions)

Since when is gravity storage a promising solution for powering the national grid?

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