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[–] [email protected] 48 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Yeah, because it'll tie budgets up for ten years building it, and in the meantime all the fossil fuel people can tap those final nails into our coffin while they line their pockets.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Ten years? More like twenty. Hinkley point C was started in 2013, supposed to be finished 2023. This year the estimation was corrected to 2029-2031.

[–] Womble 2 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (1 children)

Counterpoint: UAE went from zero nuclear energy to producing as much as Denmark or Portugal produce renewables in ten years. From a base of zero nuclear expertise in the country.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

And we all know that the UAE are the international beacon of safety, worker's rights, rule of law and cost effectiveness.

That's a really bad argument. That's like saying the Soviet Union was really good at digging canals.

[–] Womble 1 points 44 minutes ago (1 children)

So existing examples that go against your argument dont count because you dont like the country. OK.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 18 minutes ago

So countering your argument with counterarguments why your example is flawed isn't allowed, because you'd need to reconsider?

Tell me, do you really think the UAE are willing, not capable, willing to invest in safety and lawfulness as much as any even halfway free country?

[–] grue 5 points 23 hours ago

And even if they do finally build it, it's still a centralized system that regulatory-captured monopoly utilities can gouge the public on.

Solar and wind threaten them by being decentralized as well as by not relying on fossil fuels.

[–] ms_lane -3 points 1 day ago

Moving transport entirely over to the energy grid is going to take more energy than we currently generate - who'd of thought!