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Nuclear isn't perfect, but it is the best we have right now. (lemmy.world)
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[–] Johanno@feddit.org 1 points 3 months ago

Nuclear is a possible solution to more power.

However as long as we can't use the old nuclear waste as fuel we are not going to have to way to get uranium in way that is human and affordable.

Also nuclear power plants are expensive as fuck. You will pay several billions of euros in order to build one. You will have at least 10 years of building time. In that time the power demand may already have been doubled tripled or quadrupled. So are you ready to build 4 times as much of hundreds billions worth of power plants in the hope you finish them on time or don't over build?

Or do you want to build a solar plant or a wind farm in several months once demand has increased? For a fraction of the costs?