• Zagorath@aussie.zone
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    1 year ago

    It’s been a decade since a report came out recognising nuclear as too expensive to be viable, and that the best economic decision is to go all-in on renewables. In that time, the price of nuclear has not changed (really, it’s likely gone up, with how much construction in general has gone up, while the technical side of it has not changed), while the cost of renewable energy has continued to go down.

    I’m not ideologically opposed to nuclear. But the evidence clearly tells us that it’s just not a reasonable option. At least not unless the long-promised affordability improvements from SMRs actually end up realising themselves. Or fusion gets to the point where it can be used for energy generation.

    • JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works
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      1 year ago

      To expensive to be viable against the current solar wind and storage pieces. But when those go up due to saturation and shortages, it may become viable again.