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[–] Ertebolle@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Gee, I wonder if the cost might go down if we built more of them, as is the case with, y'know, basically every other complicated thing that humans build.

[–] Quacksalber@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So even if I follow your logic, that nuclear plants will get cheaper and faster to build, wich I'm not, you still have to build the first generation of plants slow and expensive. So we either wait 15 years to get better at building those plants, or we just build renewables right now.

[–] Buelldozer@lemmy.today 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So we either wait 15 years to get better at building those plants, or we just build renewables right now.

We do both. This isn't a binary choice.

[–] gmtom@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Money and manpower are not infinite. Any money spent on one is a choice not to spend it on the other.

[–] Buelldozer@lemmy.today 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Money and manpower are not infinite.

Functionally they are because different Capital Groups will chase different projects. For instance Bill Gates / TerraPower is heavily backing both Fusion and SMR Fission technology.

Meanwhile other Capital Groups like Anschutz are piling money into Wind Farms then there's yet other groups like Silicon Ranch pouring money into Solar Farms.

It seems to have escaped the notice of most Netizens but the big money Capitalists have finally come out to play in the Green / Renewable Energy space. Sure there's an absolute limit on the money and manpower that even they can afford but practically speaking those limits are so high that we're unlikely to reach them.