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Re:Belgium stops decommissioning nuclear power plants by dalyons on Thursday April 30, 2026 @12:42PM (#47965091)
I agree in general, but you may as well be wishing for ponies and unicorns as for change here. Short term economics is the current dominant force.

Also consider that if you’re wrong about the progress of clean tech, and it closes the gaps on storage, the kids “better outcome” is going to be being locked into paying higher energy prices for a lot of their life. (Of course if you’re right it will help them)

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Re:Belgium stops decommissioning nuclear power plants by cassepipe on Friday May 01, 2026 @10:29AM (#47975216)
Sure but at the end of the day(cade) if my kids end up paying more for green reliable energy it's not a bad outcome compared to the price on betting the farm on renewables/grid update/hopefully seasonal, scalable, cheap energy storage. I'd rather hedge my bets by also investing in nuclear.
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