Comment on Reactor goes brrr
Crashumbc@lemmy.world 1 month agoTBF 90% of the cost of nuclear in the US is political resistance. Not engry meeting
Comment on Reactor goes brrr
Crashumbc@lemmy.world 1 month agoTBF 90% of the cost of nuclear in the US is political resistance. Not engry meeting
humanspiral@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
100% of nuclear funding is political bribery. It is unbankable and uninsurable. Through bribery, cost+ funding can be obtained. More bribes = more covering of cost and time overruns.
If what you mean by “political resistance” is that bigger bribes are needed to overcome unpopularity, that is a tiny fraction of the bribery amount. Elected officials do blatantly destructive and unpopular acts all the time. The rate of approvals has little to do with project costs once approved.
passiveaggressivesonar@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Got any proof of big nuclear meddling
humanspiral@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
Ohio corruption scandal was over nuclear industry bribes. All nuclear projects are publicly funded, and because they are categorically uneconomical, and delay any impact on global warming for 15 years, they are lobbied for by fossil fuel competitors. Boondoggles based on disinformation necessarily require political body to be corrupt and in on it, rather than just stupid.
passiveaggressivesonar@lemmy.world 1 month ago
That’s pretty bad and undeniable. Does this account for all nuclear funding though?