Extreme questions to trigger new, better ideas

Re:Extreme questions to trigger new, better ideas by worldsayshi on Monday January 09, 2023 @08:48AM (#34310258)

I don't doubt the part about environment costs but:

>you can always sell the fully profitable plant before the late life costs come and bite you

Why wouldn't this be accounted for in the selling price (unless you scam the buyer)?

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Re:Extreme questions to trigger new, better ideas by Arkhaine_kupo on Monday January 09, 2023 @09:09AM (#34310478)

You can always sell it at the current price, but with further environmental commitments by country the price of operating or closing a plant will probably only go up.

But due to the hypothetical nature of those new environmental regulations they are probably not considered during the buyout process.

But the current trend would point towards their cost only going up, and no regulation making fossil fuel plants any cheaper to run or decomission.

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Re:Extreme questions to trigger new, better ideas by runnerup on Monday January 09, 2023 @11:36PM (#34320555)

The highest bidder will generally always be making the most favorable assumptions of the future, some of which will turn out to be wrong.

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