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New research shows renewables are more profitable than nuclear power (www.pv-magazine.com)
submitted 1 year ago by L4s to c/technology
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New research shows renewables are more profitable than nuclear power::In a recent study, researchers from the European Environmental Bureau (EEB), the Stockholm School of Economics (SSE), and the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) questioned the planned development of new nuclear capacities in the energy strategies of the United States and certain European countries.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I did not know the answer so I looked it up. Fiberglass is hard to recycle and it isn't done much. A lot of nuclear "waste" is actually spent fuel which can be reprocessed and used again.

Obviously it would be better to improve recycling of fiberglass but as it stands today, nuclear waste might be recycled more often than fiberglass...

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

Nuclear waste is a hell of a lot more expensive to process than fiberglass, which is why I pay a "nuclear decommissioning" every month on my electric bill.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

A hell of a lot more expensive? Give me that in $ per kw/hr.