ItsNotAboutTheMoney
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So, when are they going to put the nuclear power company in jail?
From the article:
Prosecutors say that while there are no charges yet against Company A, the investigation is ongoing.
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So, when are they going to put the nuclear power company in jail?
Prosecutors say that while there are no charges yet against Company A, the investigation is ongoing.
As if we needed more evidence that the nuclear industry and nuclear proponents never cared about climate change. It's about supporting an obsolete technology and always was.
The environmentalist's apology: how Michael Shellenberger unsettled some of his prominent supporters
Isn't the first one, won't be the last.
I think this is mostly driven by the profits to be made in building, operating and charging high prices for power from nuclear. The money allows them to ignore the costs to everyone else.I don't understand how this evolved into such a pathetic cult. I worked in nuclear for ~15 years. First in the USN then commercially. It was clear it wasn't a viable solution for economic reasons. Like.... super, SUPER clear. Like... fool cells are FAR less efficient than BEVs clear. I moved on to support something that had a chance of being part of the solution. I don't understand why so many people wish to die on the nuclear hill. What's the attraction?
It's crazy... if you ask a nuke zealot what cost delta is acceptable most of them are of the opinion that even if wind and solar are free nuclear is STILL the better option even at $20/w
I think this is mostly driven by the profits to be made in building, operating and charging high prices for power from nuclear. The money allows them to ignore the costs to everyone else.
Follow the money.That explains the industry but not their dozens of ardent supporters like Shill'n - berger...
Follow the money.
Shill'n-berger is "supported" by the nuclear industry.
According to the latest publicly available financial records, Environmental Progress earned US$809,000 in revenue in 2017 from gifts, grants and donations.
In the process of researching this article, Guardian Australia emailed questions to Shellenberger to clarify why Forbes had removed his article and who funded his organisation.
A third question related to a 2017 internal report from the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) which said the institute, which represents the nuclear energy industry, had “engaged third parties to engage with media through interviews and op-eds” and named “environmentalist Michael Shellenberger” as one of those it had engaged.
As if the inability to vary output is an advantage.I think all that Shill'n-berger managed to do is refresh the discussion on just how terrible of an idea wasting more limited time and money on new nuclear is in 2020....
I would argue that the cost and timeline of any additional nuclear plants represent a challenge ~10x greater than the intermittence of renewables.
We've been having the wrong debate about nuclear energy
I think all that Shill'n-berger managed to do is refresh the discussion on just how terrible of an idea wasting more limited time and money on new nuclear is in 2020....
I would argue that the cost and timeline of any additional nuclear plants represent a challenge ~10x greater than the intermittence of renewables.
We've been having the wrong debate about nuclear energy
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In another argument towards both parties being the same when it comes to gross incompetence and contempt for the environment, the Democrats endorse nuclear power in the party plank.