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[–] [email protected] 22 points 6 days ago (23 children)

Yup meltdowns happen sometimes. AND there’s the century-long legacy of radioactive waste!

[–] Shiggles 7 points 5 days ago (7 children)

You’re so right - we should just pump all our crap out into the biosphere instead and keep burning coal.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 days ago (6 children)

Solar and wind are currently both cheaper than coal, and rapidly getting cheaper.

Nuclear is more expensive, and the cost is growing. There will be almost certainly be no private investment in nuclear in the future unless it's ideologically driven.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cost_of_electricity_by_source

[–] Shiggles 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

almost certainly no private investment in nuclear in the future

I too refuse to read any news, ever, if it doesn’t support my viewpoint. Definitely no current investments in nuclear at the moment.

I like wind and solar! They’re not the whole of the solution for the whole globe though. There’s no reason to keep spreading the fossil fuel industry’s propaganda for them.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago

Sorry, I meant to say new private investment

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