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pmotiveforce t1_j64cg4g wrote

Reply to comment by Fuckyourdatareddit in A small modular nuclear reactor just got US approval — a big milestone. by Natural_Dark_2387

You're missing my point. We should have started massive build-outs 50 years ago. We didn't because of the Usual Suspects (big oil, and "environmentalists").

Now they keep saying the same shit, "oh, it's too late! Too expensive! We'll have Renewables Any Day Now".

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Fuckyourdatareddit t1_j657qf5 wrote

Yes we should have, now it’s too late to include them in significant amounts. Thanks for recognising we can’t replace fossil fuels with much nuclear power 😊

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pmotiveforce t1_j65akk5 wrote

Oh, they're coming. How do you think the west coast is going to have to deal with their water problem? Nuclear power and desalination.

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Fuckyourdatareddit t1_j65avwr wrote

😂 you think people will pay multiple times what they need and wait years longer to power desalination plants 😂 You can just build a solar farm and solar thermal storage AND you use the concentrated salts leftover for the solar thermal.

People don’t spend extra money for zero benefit buddy

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