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Originally Posted by TheBig3
Can you say a bit more about this? I'm not sure what you mean.
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Necessities like food, housing, healthcare, and power can and does outpace what would benefit consumers. I don't trust the market to correct itself when it comes to things with a built-in clientele.
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Are you saying that the manufacturing emissions net-net might out pace oil? If so, I'd be shocked to see it but I'll dig in.
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It wouldn't outpace it, but revising our power infrastructure to use solar instead of coal, gas, etc. would still generate problematic amounts of emissions.
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Nuclear has two or three major issues for the US (given that we're the 2nd biggest emitter).
1. Because we stopped making plants after 3-mile island, the US currently lacks the experience and knowledge to build them well. Easily fixed but a hurdle none-the-less
2. The upfront overhead capx costs are insane. You'd need to make a crazy push to get that passed, funded, and to provide MW at a cost comparable to renewables. Maybe this would work in deregulated markets, but admittedly I'm not an expert on this.
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Agreed. It'd be difficult, but it'd be worth it.