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kristopher

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3. No, that is the nuclear industry you're describing.

Reply to NNadir (Reply #2)

Mon Nov 7, 2016, 09:46 AM

Nov 2016

After 50+ years of massive government subsidies (estimated to exceed the value of all electricity nuclear has ever produced) it still isn't economically viable.
However, deployment of renewables (with only a small fraction of the historical subsidy support afforded nuclear) is skyrocketing because they are an affordable, clean, safe option to centralized fossil and nuclear.

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This is the first anniversary of the last time the ML CO2 observatory will ever be below 4.00 ppm... [View all] NNadir Nov 2016 OP

Interesting take on fossil fuel vs nuclear. I, however, worry about the immediate effect of a nuclear The Wielding Truth Nov 2016 #1

The renewable industry is an expensive and useless failure, a fad and a fantasy. NNadir Nov 2016 #2

No, that is the nuclear industry you're describing. kristopher Nov 2016 #3