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UK government sets out plans for ‘biggest nuclear power expansion in 70 years’
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 11 Jan 2024
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Neoliberal austerity would prevent anything like this from happening on a large scale. You can see this with all the concerns about "cost".
The "budget" on these things should be 'infinite'. Spend whatever amount of labor and resources available to build the plant. Instead they focus on short term profits.
No wonder why China is spending more on renewable energy than rest of the world combined. Because China understands money isn't real, they are more than willing to give as much as possible for renewable energy.
Nuclear is not renewable energy.
It’s not even green energy.
Renewables are the superior choice in price and effect.
There needs to be a mix of sources, and unfortunately nuclear is the best way to provide a reliable source that can be ramped up or down instantly to plug gaps in supply from renewables.
Ramping up nuclear is not instant and is not ideal because it causes more waste by altering the working lifetime of the fuel.
Even then it's preferable to gas
They should have been ramping it up 20 years ago. Short-termism fucks us again. Better late than never, I suppose.
Gas is not a renewable or green.
... So what do you when there's no wind or sun?