Re:Wind and solar power half the cost of coal and gas, 1/3 t...
by _aavaa_ on Tuesday June 18, 2024 @09:16PM
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> Gen IV designs are far safer and cleaner
Gen IV reactors are, for the most part, somewhere between a pipe dream and a spreadsheet. China is the only country to have built one, and we don't have clear view at its cost.
> Thorium ... which is why the Thorium pathway was not taken.
Pipe dream + tin foil hat thinking
> If electricity was cheap it would give people inducements to use electric vehicles
Electric cars are cheaper per mile driven in most places, especially if you charge at home.
> It would be a market driven transition to these things instead of a policy driven one
Policies create all markets. See for example the implicit subsidies granted to ICE cars by a either a total lack of carbon price (or outright ban on their pollution like that on leaded gasoline).
Gen IV reactors are, for the most part, somewhere between a pipe dream and a spreadsheet. China is the only country to have built one, and we don't have clear view at its cost.
> Thorium ... which is why the Thorium pathway was not taken.
Pipe dream + tin foil hat thinking
> If electricity was cheap it would give people inducements to use electric vehicles
Electric cars are cheaper per mile driven in most places, especially if you charge at home.
> It would be a market driven transition to these things instead of a policy driven one
Policies create all markets. See for example the implicit subsidies granted to ICE cars by a either a total lack of carbon price (or outright ban on their pollution like that on leaded gasoline).