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ckent@urbanists.social 3 months ago@DavidDoesLemmy @Zagorath This type of “small bet” would cost 10x more than the same bet on batteries and grid upgrades. The nuclear option is nothing more than a massive carbon tax, except this time it’s a nuclear tax, and it’s funding the nuclear instead of reducing it.
Every time someone proposes to spend NBN levels of money, or multiples of NBNs, ask yourself what the coalition would say if they were against it.
DavidDoesLemmy@aussie.zone 3 months ago
I think you misunderstood me. The small bet I was referring to is not the coalition’s plan. It would be more money to research next generation reactors.
ckent@urbanists.social 3 months ago
@DavidDoesLemmy oh just research? I can't see any harm in running experiments if they're for thorium or fusion. But the real billions need to be spent now, on batteries & factories for batteries. We can be a big player exporting these ... this decade! If we had the courage.