Quote Originally Posted by Jampie View Post
If nuclear really was cheaper I'd be all for it. But it isn't, it's actually the most expensive kind of power generation to build and it isn't cheap to operate either. It can't compete with solar and wind, not even close.
What's the cost of solar and wind when it isn't generating? What's the cost of running out of power which we have been fairly close to on more than one occasion in the last couple of years? Where is the cost of all the backup required for the lack of solar and the loss of wind? Lots of equipment sitting there waiting to be turned on, still having to be purchased and maintained. I'll bet that that and subsidies are not factored in to many of the equations.

A major factor in nuclear costs is the fear factor. But we're happy to ruin the landscape, shred birds, damage agriculture all in the attempt to be green. And don't get me on about Li-on battery banks otherwise my blood pressure really will go up.