That strategy makes no sense when dispatchable power generation is cheaper than non-intermittent generation. This happened about 20 years ago when natgas became cheaper than coal.

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throw0101d a day ago | parent [-]

> This happened about 20 years ago when natgas became cheaper than coal.

With or without externalities like climate change costed in?

	▲	bryanlarsen 4 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Yes. natgas + purchased carbon credits are cheaper than nuclear.
	▲	Tostino 21 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Dude, that's like, our kids' problem.