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by m463 2354 days ago
I support nuclear too, but the fact is - nuclear is a political hot potato and encumbered by enormous financial uncertainty.

If you wanted to spend $1B on energy, spending it on nuclear would be a crapshoot, while spending it on solar or solar + batteries would lead to implementation relatively quickly.

It's unfortunate given this table:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_density#Tables_of_energ...