[opo]

>The overwhelming problem is the outrageous cost,

The cost of consumer rooftop solar is as high or higher than nuclear, do you also think that cost is outrageous and we should abandon it?

>...and that they don't start displacing fossil fuels for years, if ever.

Solar, wind and nuclear have about the same carbon footprints. A few links:

https://www.carbonbrief.org/solar-wind-nuclear-amazingly-low...

https://unece.org/sites/default/files/2021-10/LCA-2.pdf

[ncmncm]

Oddly, my solar projects have not had 5x, 3x, or even 1.5x cost overruns, never mind multi-year unplanned delays. And, they started producing immediately.

Carbon footprint is not in play.