This got posted to reddit futurology and the copium in the comments is somewhat funny
God I want a nuclear reactor in my literal backyard.
Fortunately I live in Illinois the state that has over 50% of it’s power provided by Nuclear, the most in the nation. (As of 2024, Illinois generates 53.62% of electricity from nuclear power, 31.10% from fossil fuels (comprising of coal, natural gas, petroleum, and other gases), and 15.28% from renewables (comprising of wind, solar, hydropower, and biomass)). It will be nice to get the renewable mix up too, but in the meantime I’m quite happy. Electricity isn’t the cheapest, but it surely is the cleanest which is the only thing that actually matters.
https://cleanenergy.illinois.gov/tracking-illinois-progress/electricity-generation-mix.html
And the US commits national suicide.
and condemns anyone who tries to advocate for anything otherwise.
don’t forget medical debt and gun violence.
Why is nuclear power still so popular? I thought nuclear was the most expensive kind of energy when renewables were the cheapest.
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.
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.
Funny story.
And now give us numbers how those “dominance in nuclear upbuild” compares to power production in general…
China still dominates.
