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submitted 17 hours ago by silence7@slrpnk.net to c/technology@lemmy.world

My impression is that this is a PR push, designed to avoid having to invest in renewables, and let them keep on burning gas and coal, rather than something likely to come to fruition.

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[-] silence7@slrpnk.net 13 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

Mostly:

  • New nuclear is really expensive
  • It also takes a long time to deliver
  • The new reactor examples in here consist of reactors from suppliers who haven't done that before

So it has the feel of a plan to promise to spend a lot of money several years from now, and get a lot of PR points today, and quietly cancel the project later.

[-] 0x0@programming.dev 1 points 4 hours ago

It also takes a long time to deliver

Not that much. Do remember there's a lot of oil money pouring into FUDing about nuclear.

[-] silence7@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

They're talking about 5+ years on the new nuclear in these. And they haven't done it before, so a 30% deadline slip is realistic.

You can put up a lot of wind and solar in that time.

[-] 0x0@programming.dev 1 points 51 minutes ago

You can put up a lot of wind and solar in that time.

Which needs a stable baseline to counteract lack of supply and/or a lot of lithium. And space.

[-] bizzle@lemmy.world 4 points 14 hours ago

Well that is, indeed, wack. I appreciate your perspective, I can't believe I missed the "corporations lying for money" angle. I'm usually on top of it.

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