| ▲ | dalyons an hour ago | |
This really should be a top level comment. It accurately explains the broken economics of nuclear, and is the real reason effectively no nukes will be built going forward. Not the usual tired points about regulations and safety fears and Chernobyl or whatever | ||
| ▲ | hylaride 23 minutes ago | parent | next [-] | |
Precisely. France built out its current nuclear fleet over decades. The first reactors were expensive, but then costs came down. Of course, then they stopped and are now trying to restart again with new reactor models. It's been expensive and it's not clear they'll start building en-mass again. | ||
| ▲ | dukeyukey 39 minutes ago | parent | prev [-] | |
To be fair South Australia is: * Incredibly sunny * Incredibly sparely populated * Functionally winterless Like it's the perfect setup for solar. Somewhere like Denmark, Japan, even the US Northeast does not have those. | ||