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Source - The colors of the grids represent CO2 emissions
The title is a reference to the 2021 Texas power crisis
Source - The colors of the grids represent CO2 emissions
The title is a reference to the 2021 Texas power crisis
This is spot on. The economics is what really kills nuclear. The cost to build and operate a plant vs the revenue you get out of it won’t break even until 25/30 years. Compare that to a natural gas plant that’ll be profitable in ~5 years.
You’d think this is the kind of thing where governments would step in with subsidies, but that gets halted due to oil and gas lobbyists.
you don’t even really need to subsidize it, you just need to front the cost for the plant, build it, and the produce power. Might be time for a nationalized US power company.