BuddyTheBeefalo@lemmy.ml to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoSwedish government removes nuclear power promise from websitewww.telegraph.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square51fedilinkarrow-up1265arrow-down18
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minus-squareSemi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down4·10 months agoIn the last ten years solar power has gone down in price by 80% and is now producing more power than nuclear. Plus when you buy a solar panel it starts making money immediately, unlike a reactor that doesn’t make money for 10-20 years after it starts up.
minus-squarebouh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down3·10 months agoThen why is Germany opening coal mines?
minus-squareSemi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down2·10 months agoBecause they won’t have new nuclear plants online for a decade at least and because Putin invaded Ukraine and cut off their natural gas supply
minus-squarebouh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 months agoToo bad for the climate I guess
In the last ten years solar power has gone down in price by 80% and is now producing more power than nuclear.
Plus when you buy a solar panel it starts making money immediately, unlike a reactor that doesn’t make money for 10-20 years after it starts up.
Then why is Germany opening coal mines?
Because they won’t have new nuclear plants online for a decade at least and because Putin invaded Ukraine and cut off their natural gas supply
Too bad for the climate I guess