- orbit ( @orbit@beehaw.org ) English6•1 year ago
It’s also like 5 years late and an obscene amount of money over budget, but better late than never I suppose. ¯_(ツ)_/¯
- Umbrias ( @Umbrias@beehaw.org ) English3•1 year ago
Sounds like normal construction projects to me lmao.
Still unfortunate, but exciting overall. Looking forward to minireactors the most.
- rhythmisaprancer ( @rhythmisaprancer@kbin.social ) 4•1 year ago
Gosh, that “nuclear skeptic” person was just dogpiling on this without offering any alternatives.It has been like this for nearly 50 years, and here we are, still having the ‘no nuclear’ people not facing reality. Ya, sure, I want renewables, too, but we would be much better off rn if we hadn’t stuck with dinosaur the last few decades. NIMBYs
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- itchy_lizard ( @itchy_lizard@lemmy.ml ) English3•1 year ago
Fuck
- Laconic ( @Laconic@beehaw.org ) English2•1 year ago
The current pace for proposal, design, and construction means it’s got little chance of scaling up fast enough to make a big difference. Maybe SMR can break nuclear out of that paradigm, but currently my money is on increasingly dirt cheap renewables being complimented with storage following a similar but late to the game price/performance curve.