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Re:Finland starts much-delayed nuclear plant, brings respite... by ncmncm on Sunday March 13, 2022 @09:34PM (#30667598)
The future is not that predictable.

Who in 2000 would have guessed solar and wind would be radically cheaper than coal? No 100-year plan would have mentioned them.

If small-scale hydrogen-boron aneutronic fusion becomes unexpectedly practical in 20 years, all the other plans go out the window.

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Re:Finland starts much-delayed nuclear plant, brings respite... by kuhewa on Sunday March 13, 2022 @11:22PM (#30668208)
Shit, we didn't even understand the implications of improvements in fracking and other improvements in extraction efficiencies from 'dirty' hydrocarbon sources would have, in the mid-oughts peak oil was on the horizon with nothing feasible that could fill the coming gap.
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