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[โ€“] CADmonkey@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Nuclear power is really cool, but my biggest problem with building new reactors isn't even the money issues you pointed out, it's the fact that I live in the US and I don't trust any regulatory agency to build a new nuclear power plant correctly/safely.

Solar panels and wind turbines are monumentally cheaper AND they don't potentially cause ten thousand year contamination problems.

Nuclear power is really cool Why though? It's insanely inefficient in terms of costs and really, really dangerous if something goes seriously wrong.

If you install a solar panels with a regulator, it's running in less than 2 weeks and goes for decades with very little maintenance that almost every idiot can do. Plus, you don't have to pay for a company's profit while getting that energy. Now THAT is cool in my opinion.