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The word you're looking for is nuclear. Everywhere.

childintime 2mo ago
The word is solar. Instant reduction in CO2 emissions, won't be a decade late, and won't be obsolete by the time it's finally ready. Nuclear is a politician's vanity project. And politicians do have a knack for choosing the wrong thing at the wrong time, by ignoring the market. Just let the engineers make the call.
- alwa 2mo ago
  I think the engineers tend to say nuclear makes much more sense than solar for baseload right? That, and “most of the cost and delay is in these obscenely overcautious regulations?”
  - uecker 2mo ago
    Not really, there a lot of factors making nuclear expensive apart from regulations. And is also clear that you need some regulations.
  - otherme123 2mo ago
    As of today, batteries are on par with nuclear cost. And falling. As for the "obscenely regulations", I had read this before, but nobody can tell me what are they referring to. Because not to long ago France had a massive problem of corrosion in half their nuclear plants, and currently is having a second one (https://balkangreenenergynews.com/french-power-prices-jump-as-edf-looks-into-possible-nuclear-reactor-defect/ https://balkangreenenergynews.com/french-power-prices-jump-a...). It seems that "obscenely overcautious regulations" still not enough to catch leaks on time, defects that now threat with a energy crisis in France (and secondarily in Europe).
- mmooss 2mo ago
  > Nuclear is a politician's vanity project. And politicians do have a knack for choosing the wrong thing at the wrong time, by ignoring the market. Nuclear benefits the politicians' vested supporters, major corporations. Renewables are smaller and not vested interests. > Just let the engineers make the call. That dangerously assumes that engineers don't have their own biases and corruption. It's hard to fathom that perspective given what everyone can see happening in Silicon Valley for years.
krupan 2mo ago
And we should have started at least 30 years ago. But better late than never?

The word is solar. Instant reduction in CO2 emissions, won't be a decade late, and won't be obsolete by the time it's finally ready. Nuclear is a politician's vanity project. And politicians do have a knack for choosing the wrong thing at the wrong time, by ignoring the market. Just let the engineers make the call.

alwa 2mo ago
I think the engineers tend to say nuclear makes much more sense than solar for baseload right? That, and “most of the cost and delay is in these obscenely overcautious regulations?”
- uecker 2mo ago
  Not really, there a lot of factors making nuclear expensive apart from regulations. And is also clear that you need some regulations.
- otherme123 2mo ago
  As of today, batteries are on par with nuclear cost. And falling. As for the "obscenely regulations", I had read this before, but nobody can tell me what are they referring to. Because not to long ago France had a massive problem of corrosion in half their nuclear plants, and currently is having a second one (https://balkangreenenergynews.com/french-power-prices-jump-as-edf-looks-into-possible-nuclear-reactor-defect/ https://balkangreenenergynews.com/french-power-prices-jump-a...). It seems that "obscenely overcautious regulations" still not enough to catch leaks on time, defects that now threat with a energy crisis in France (and secondarily in Europe).
mmooss 2mo ago
> Nuclear is a politician's vanity project. And politicians do have a knack for choosing the wrong thing at the wrong time, by ignoring the market. Nuclear benefits the politicians' vested supporters, major corporations. Renewables are smaller and not vested interests. > Just let the engineers make the call. That dangerously assumes that engineers don't have their own biases and corruption. It's hard to fathom that perspective given what everyone can see happening in Silicon Valley for years.

krupan 2mo ago

And we should have started at least 30 years ago. But better late than never?