Submitted by MistWeaver80 t3_114wqdz in science
I just think it's crazy how if we invested in nuclear energy technology that was actually good for producing power at scale like back when we had the opportunity we wouldn't even have this problem
What's crazy is America still won't green their grid. China is building renewables like crazy, and has plans to switch over eventually, whereas America does not.
There is a very real possibility that sometime in the future America won't be able to keep the power on, but China will.
All thanks to short term thinking, and infrastructure not being profitable according to capitalism.
Not if the USA can help it - seems like this country is headed for a conflict with China to keep it in its place in the "rules-based economic order"
Yup. War is possibly favourable for America, since military is one of the only advantages they have left.
China would love to flex their muscles to get better economic deals. But China is playing the long game better, and they only need to wait it out.
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Some places did. The plant near Raleigh, NC generates enough power for about a million people, although additional reactors that were planned ended up getting cancelled. About a third of the states energy comes from nuclear. Hence why rates are still $0.12/kWh there.
Or, as an alternative, I live in Washington now, where much of our energy comes from hydro, and we're at $0.10/kWh.
Our country needs to be smarter about who we vote for. Infrastructure and a variety of other issues should come way before a minor tax break, yet people seem willing to sell their soul for a few more dollars up front. We end up paying that tax break back many times over to predatory private industries, widescale power outages, inflation / national debt, and numerous other very obviously forseen consequences
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