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‘We can’t escape’: climate crisis is driving up cost of living in the US west
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 21 Jul 2023
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Creating nuclear power plants should be a high priority. At 112 degrees, AC is not optional. The state should be making sure that everyone has access to low cost, clean energy.
Nuclear is mostly not getting built because it's expensive. That's why you see so much wind and solar built instead
Exactly. Nuclear is expensive and take decades to come on line. Solar is cheaper and more flexible.
Not to say some nuclear might not be unavoidable.
Nuclear is not being built due to opposition to it from so called environmentalists. It’s been a thing for a while
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Yes, we definitely need vital resources like this to be state owned.
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