Solar and wind are increasingly outpacing nuclear power globally, with solar generation surpassing nuclear for the first time in 2025, according to WNISR 2026. The report highlights nuclear’s slow (…)
  • betanumerus@lemmy.caEnglish
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    4 days ago

    they are doing what they can to slow it down

    … to slow down wind, solar and nuclear, exactly.

    • redballooon@lemmy.worldEnglish
      34·
      4 days ago

      Not really. They sometimes bring the nuclear idea to the table as an alleged alternative to solar and wind. But the reality is that in today’s democracies nuclear is near impossible to build for a variety of reasons. It’s never a real alternative, only one to slow down wind and solar.

      • betanumerus@lemmy.caEnglish
        5·
        4 days ago

        For as long as I can remember, the entire world has had 400-something running nuclear power plants. I suspect 400-something is a fundamental nuclear constant.