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EU court rules nuclear energy is clean energy

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1041 points mpweiher | 3 comments | 12 Sep 25 18:18 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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reenorap ◴[12 Sep 25 18:54 UTC] No.45225348[source]▶
We need to drive down the costs of implementing nuclear energy. Most of it are fake costs due to regulation. I understand that regulation is needed but we also need nuclear energy, we have to find a streamlined way to get more plants up and running as soon as possible. I think they should all be government projects so that private companies can't complain that they're losing money and keep have to ratchet up the prices, like PG&E in California. My rates have doubled in a few years to over $0.40/kWh and up over $0.50/kWh after I go up a tier depending on usage.
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GloriousKoji ◴[12 Sep 25 20:09 UTC] No.45226181[source]▶
As someone also served by PG&E I don't think cheaper electricity will help. At peak hours electricity is $0.13/kwh but the delivery charge is $0.50/kwh.
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theptip ◴[12 Sep 25 21:04 UTC] No.45226751[source]▶
The goal of making nuclear cheaper isn’t to lower consumer costs. It’s to displace CO2 emitting baseload sources like coal and gas.
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chermi ◴[12 Sep 25 21:14 UTC] No.45226849[source]▶
Why not not both?
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1. theptip ◴[12 Sep 25 21:26 UTC] No.45226950[source]▶
Sure, but one comes first.
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2. jayd16 ◴[12 Sep 25 21:58 UTC] No.45227256[source]▶
And it's going to end up being price.
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3. theptip ◴[12 Sep 25 22:00 UTC] No.45227277[source]▶
I don’t follow. If nuclear initially costs more than coal, then the first effect as it decreases is displacement when the prices cross over. Then if it falls further you will notice consumer price drops.