▲ 27 ▼ The short list of climate actions that will work (archive.ph) submitted 3 years ago by DougHolland@lemmy.world to c/collapse@lemmy.ml 19 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] bouh@lemmy.world 4 points 3 years ago (1 child) I do because that discussion is very common these days. 7.5 years is the mean construction time. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] tnarg42@lemmy.world 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) My comment was mostly tongue-in-cheek, but also the time-value of money on constructing a new nuclear plant is a very real problem. Yes, we should be using a massive, mature, and mostly-carbon-neutral energy source. However, due to economic factors, we can build a lot of renewables capacity before the site planning is even done on a new nuclear power plant. It's a lot easier to finance a new renewables facility that is generating revenue pretty quickly. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] bouh@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago Site planning and finance can be as painful for renewable as it can be for nuclear. It's an administrative process so the whole depends on political will and how easy they make it. It also depends on civil opposition, but nowadays you have as many eco fanatics against nuclear than you have stupid conservative against renewables. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] tnarg42@lemmy.world 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) My comment was mostly tongue-in-cheek, but also the time-value of money on constructing a new nuclear plant is a very real problem. Yes, we should be using a massive, mature, and mostly-carbon-neutral energy source. However, due to economic factors, we can build a lot of renewables capacity before the site planning is even done on a new nuclear power plant. It's a lot easier to finance a new renewables facility that is generating revenue pretty quickly. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] bouh@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago Site planning and finance can be as painful for renewable as it can be for nuclear. It's an administrative process so the whole depends on political will and how easy they make it. It also depends on civil opposition, but nowadays you have as many eco fanatics against nuclear than you have stupid conservative against renewables. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bouh@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago Site planning and finance can be as painful for renewable as it can be for nuclear. It's an administrative process so the whole depends on political will and how easy they make it. It also depends on civil opposition, but nowadays you have as many eco fanatics against nuclear than you have stupid conservative against renewables. permalink fedilink source parent