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		lesuorac on Jan 2, 2025 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Morgan Stanley Follows Citi, BofA in Quitting Clim... Well, Drilling like Hydro has very large ecological impacts at scale. Really should just be building a lot more nuclear plants to drive energy costs to 0 but that's too much government overreach or something ...

cheema33 on Jan 2, 2025 [–]

> Really should just be building a lot more nuclear plants to drive energy costs to 0

Nuclear costs more than many other alternatives.

NewJazz on Jan 2, 2025 | [–]

Practically, sure. But physically? Debatable. A lot of the cost has to do with the time necessary to build the plant (with permits et al), and the money that gets tied up as a result.

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