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Re:First new U.S. nuclear reactor since 2016 is now in opera... by asylteltine on Wednesday December 27, 2023 @07:17PM (#38788493)
Nuclear is the way forward. It’s a damn shame hippies stopped us from leveraging it. We literally wouldn’t have climate change if we kept increasing nuclear power plants in the 70s. It’s just a no brainer. Solar and wind are great but the amount of power they generate may as well be 0 compared to nuclear.
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Re:First new U.S. nuclear reactor since 2016 is now in opera... by Faaak on Thursday December 28, 2023 @01:56AM (#38790809)
> We literally wouldn’t have climate change if we kept increasing nuclear power plants in the 70s

I highly doubt this

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Re:First new U.S. nuclear reactor since 2016 is now in opera... by asylteltine on Thursday December 28, 2023 @12:01PM (#38795520)
Methane and coal is the largest driver of climate change
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Re:First new U.S. nuclear reactor since 2016 is now in opera... by simplyluke on Thursday December 28, 2023 @10:19AM (#38794213)
> Solar and wind are great but the amount of power they generate may as well be 0 compared to nuclear.

This is very untrue both measured in absolute numbers, and in cost/kwh. Nuclear is 2x solar and wind, both of which are decreasing in cost rapidly YoY. https://www.statista.com/statistics/194327/estimated-leveliz...

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