[ComputerGuru]

On the other hand, nuclear is only “expensive” because we make power plants pay for ~all externalities and put aside huge amounts of money in advance to cover the (projected, though sometimes not comprehensive) cost of clean up and decommissioning.

[lostlogin]

That process sounds entirely reasonable. I expect it isn’t applies to all power sources, but it should be.

[ComputerGuru]

Yes; no nuclear proponent asks for that process to change for nuclear but only for the same to be applied to other sources. I just listened to an NPR program about methane leaks in Louisiana from fly-by-night operators that drill, make a profit while prices are high, then abandon shop leaving the drill sites spewing methane without capping a thing off when they shut their business down because the market price makes it unprofitable to continue drilling and selling compared to other energy sources. Then rinse and repeat. Apparently hundreds of thousands of these (growing by thousands more a year) and Louisiana hasn’t wizened up to asking for a full deposit of the costs to cap off a site before granting a drilling license; the cost is punted to the taxpayers and even then the state only gets around to capping off a tiny percentage of the abandoned sites.

[genewitch]

If you know of any defunct methane sites i'd like to photograph them. I'm in central Louisiana, only the top and bottom eastern side are kinda "too far" for a trip to photograph in a day.

[ComputerGuru]

Here’s a map of abandoned oil wells; they’re referred to as “orphaned wells” in the official nomenclature and there’s a state-maintained registry so they should be easy to find.

They’re all over the state. Probably can’t walk far without tripping over one!

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