There has been a massive uptick in pro-nuclear astroturfing across reddit (and presumably other social media that I don’t use) over the last 18months.
It may be a coincidence that it coincides with the Russian invasion and Europe’s efforts to ditch russian gas for renewables. Certainly the fact that the average build time for a nuclear plant being over a decade helps keep us on coal and gas for longer than the rapid deployment times for renewables.
I don’t have any proof that it’s a russian plot, it could just as easily be the fossil fuel industry at it again. They both have form in this regard so it could be either or both.
That there is a campaign however is undeniable, the uptick in “nuclear is the panacea for all your climate woes” is a hundredfold on 2 years ago.
Renewables are cheaper and faster, and Europe (& Australia for a different reason) have showed how much solar and wind you can deploy in 18months. Nukes take decades to deploy and cost hugely more than renewables.
Yeah, all the nuclear projects they announce go hugely over budget and often get cancelled because the money pulls out because it’s impossible to be profitable while all the wind farms and solar installations are doing far better than projected and the cost of construction is constantly falling.
No one actually interested in power generation is looking at what’s happening and coming to the conclusion that these oil company shills are trying to push, it just makes no sense.
There has been a massive uptick in pro-nuclear astroturfing across reddit (and presumably other social media that I don’t use) over the last 18months.
It may be a coincidence that it coincides with the Russian invasion and Europe’s efforts to ditch russian gas for renewables. Certainly the fact that the average build time for a nuclear plant being over a decade helps keep us on coal and gas for longer than the rapid deployment times for renewables.
I don’t have any proof that it’s a russian plot, it could just as easily be the fossil fuel industry at it again. They both have form in this regard so it could be either or both.
That there is a campaign however is undeniable, the uptick in “nuclear is the panacea for all your climate woes” is a hundredfold on 2 years ago.
Renewables are cheaper and faster, and Europe (& Australia for a different reason) have showed how much solar and wind you can deploy in 18months. Nukes take decades to deploy and cost hugely more than renewables.
Yeah, all the nuclear projects they announce go hugely over budget and often get cancelled because the money pulls out because it’s impossible to be profitable while all the wind farms and solar installations are doing far better than projected and the cost of construction is constantly falling.
No one actually interested in power generation is looking at what’s happening and coming to the conclusion that these oil company shills are trying to push, it just makes no sense.