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Re:Saskatchewan, Ontario to roll out mini-nuclear reactors by adrianN on Thursday July 14, 2022 @04:46AM (#32093599)
I agree with you in general that it is unlikely that fusion will be cost competitive, but the last time I checked we still got a very large fraction of our power from coal, despite the steam.
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Re:Saskatchewan, Ontario to roll out mini-nuclear reactors by ncmncm on Thursday July 14, 2022 @10:06PM (#32103813)
Yes, there are financial structural reasons coal is still used. They amount to institutionalized sunk-cost fallacy. Those will take decades to root out.
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