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A New Oil Shock Accelerates a Return to Nuclear Power

17 points by rustoo

by KellyCriterion

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Prices of battery will continue to fall, while research for battery & storage is still a tiny fraction of all (implicit) subsidies for fossil fuel "research & processing" and its whole ecosystem:
Imagine only a smart part of the fraction to pay oil companies, to build the streets, all the profs at university for "ICE related" tech from the last 60 years, all the educated engineers, all the lobby institutions etc - and pour this into EE & battery research -> where could we be today?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Motors_streetcar_consp...
If we would have invested a small part, the world would be quite different! (and this world, Iran war wont happen these days)

by notTooFarGone

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Glad to see this crisis can result into a power plant 15-20 years from now.
Or another Gigawatt solar + batteries this year.

by ksaj

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Nuclear, Hydro and Solar. The idea of "clean coal" is one of the strangest bits of energy propaganda I've ever heard from a US president.

by metalman

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Not happening, solar, batteries, wind, geothermal, and other renewables have a lead that cant be taken with wild hype and mumble logic. Hard work, and lots of it is the only hope for an American renaissance.