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Nuclear Power Was Once Shunned at Climate Talks. Now, It’s a Rising Star. (www.nytimes.com)

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago

I don’t care what bad-faith conservatives are saying, yes they’re full of it. Here are the facts:

We are pushing forward full-tilt on renewables in general. Factories are going up, the IRA was 80% focused on renewables, and as long as the incoming admin doesn't actively roll things back, we’re heading in the right direction.
Headlines like this one are coming up because private companies are starting to invest in nuclear for their own purposes. This is spare money and effort that we could be leaving on the table.
If we start seeing politicians actively shutting down green energy in favor of nuclear, we should absolutely say “fuck no”.
As of yet, I have not been seeing this in policy or in reality, and every year the renewable industry becomes more self-sustaining and grows without active pushes from the government (though we can and should continue to subsidize).

From where I’m standing, we should be encouraging the private sector and investing some percentage of our portfolio in restarting and building nukes with all of that context.

This is the same logic behind building an investment portfolio. You could go all in on Bitcoin, or you could spread out your portfolio in the market. 80% into the solid, tried and true stocks, 15% into up and comers, 5% into moonshots like crypto or gamestop or whatever. Same deal here.