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projektfu on April 13, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: New nuclear reactor designs promise safe, clean el...

That’s a good perspective. Unfortunately without being cheaper, the nuclear energy doesn’t crowd out fossil fuels without being subsidized.

acidburnNSA on April 13, 2020 [–]

Agreed. Utility execs only care about the bottom line. If we can get markets to value low-carbon or low air pollution nuclear will compete today. Sadly, it doesn't look like this will happen anytime soon. Seems so obvious though.

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