BuddyTheBeefalo@lemmy.ml to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoSwedish government removes nuclear power promise from websitewww.telegraph.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square47fedilinkarrow-up1263arrow-down18
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minus-squareSemi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down4·1 year agoIn the last ten years solar power has gone down in price by 80% and is now producing more power than nuclear. Plus when you buy a solar panel it starts making money immediately, unlike a reactor that doesn’t make money for 10-20 years after it starts up.
minus-squarebouh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down3·1 year agoThen why is Germany opening coal mines?
minus-squareSemi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down2·1 year agoBecause they won’t have new nuclear plants online for a decade at least and because Putin invaded Ukraine and cut off their natural gas supply
In the last ten years solar power has gone down in price by 80% and is now producing more power than nuclear.
Plus when you buy a solar panel it starts making money immediately, unlike a reactor that doesn’t make money for 10-20 years after it starts up.
Then why is Germany opening coal mines?
Because they won’t have new nuclear plants online for a decade at least and because Putin invaded Ukraine and cut off their natural gas supply
Too bad for the climate I guess