• pineapple@lemmy.ml
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    12 hours ago

    Why is nuclear power still so popular? I thought nuclear was the most expensive kind of energy when renewables were the cheapest.

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      9 hours ago

      The only thing that matters is how clean our power is. If you are worrying about “cost” you are supporting capitalism and the fossil fuel industry. And cost to consumers is extremely misleading mostly as a result of power policy, completely divorced from cost to generate. Nuclear can absolutely be cheap, just end the subsidies on other fuel sources, allowing fuel recycling, and imprison all shareholders, congressmen, and lobbyists of the international energy cartels.

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      11 hours ago

      You’ve been hoodwinked by the fossil fuel industry lobby that has also misled entire movements (the greens) to be sympathetic when originally they were the reverse. They’ve lobbied for draconian regulations and making the political and economic costs be too high for self preservation. You know like every entrenched industry in America.