Japan nuclear body says radioactive water at Fukushima an 'emergency'

Re:Japan nuclear body says radioactive water at Fukushima an... by neonhomer on Monday August 05, 2013 @03:20PM (#6162272)

But if the free market was truly operating would we be building any wind and solar plants? When it comes down to it aren't coal plants still the most economical from a market stand-point?

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Re:Japan nuclear body says radioactive water at Fukushima an... by VladRussian2 on Monday August 05, 2013 @04:11PM (#6162612)

>aren't coal plants still the most economical from a market stand-point

only in the current environment there most of the cost of coal energy (green house gas and other pollutants emissions, environment destruction where coal is mined, etc...) is socialized

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Re:Japan nuclear body says radioactive water at Fukushima an... by marze on Monday August 05, 2013 @03:35PM (#6162389)

Surprisingly, that's not so right now, wind is more cost effective.

The price of a new coal plant in the US has gone up dramatically due to the increases in energy and metals.

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Re:Japan nuclear body says radioactive water at Fukushima an... by api on Monday August 05, 2013 @04:32PM (#6162768)

In a free market I doubt we'd have nuclear either.

All energy sources other than fossil fuels are the product of huge government R&D investments and huge subsidies.

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