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First planned small nuclear reactor plant in the US has been canceled::NuScale and its primary partner give up on its first installation.
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Solar power was actually pushed by big oil in the 70s, 80s and 90s because they were afraid of nuclear.
Solar was not viewed as a viable energy system by big oil back then.
Does solar power use some rare earth minerals and stuff like that? They own those, but you probably need them for nuclear and others
I can’t put a nuclear station on my roof or in my basement
Were you… Were you going to?
I mean, a teenage boy scout once built something like an amateur reactor in a shed in his parents backyard shed, so I see nothing wrong with a tractor on the roof or in a basement.
Watch me.
Yes and so do the batteries and all the controls.
Yeah every power source needs some materials.
Silicon, iirc
Made from sand. A very rareaterial.
Yeah go ahead and make a solar system with the dirt you have on your land. All you are doing is supporting one group of corporations over another. Worst argument I have ever seen for solar is what you have presented today.
Damn
Welp at least the Saudis will be happy.
True, it does prove their six billion investment in making the largest solar project in the world was a great idea.
Hopefully they’ll continue their plan to invest almost half a trillion dollars in renewables this decade.
You taking financial advice from the Saudis? Ok then.
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I remember so many nuclear stans on lemmy a bit ago refusing to acknowledge that renewables are getting so good and cheap that they are more important to solving climate change than nuclear. I wonder how they feel seeing investors pull out in favor of renewables?
Like crap? Renewables are good in places where they work. Nuclear works everywhere and is more reliable.
Investors pulling out of a nuclear project like this just looks like a, really dumb kneejerk reaction. “Oh! New shiny thing!”
This. Green energy works best when complimented with nuclear energy. Then, we can ween away from big oil.
We’ve wasted so much money in r&d simply because it’s a tech that allows the rich to maintain their power monopoly, if we’d spent all that on more sensible options we’d be far closer to an ecologically sustainable future.
What’s not sensible about nuclear power?
