General Discussions

[Thryleon]

Nuclear power plants were supplying a peak of 17.5% of the world's power in 1996.  They now supply 10.3% of the world's power.

The real reason why nuclear power is becoming irrelevant as a power source is ecomics; it's cheaper to use sustainable energy sources and the risk factors are much lower.  It's actually a bit scary that private enterprise is driving the change to sustainable energy sources and dragging governments along in their wake.

The world changes a lot in that time.

Nuclear power has a long run up to build one.

In that time the power mix changes to do more with what comes online than anything going offline.

I think nuclear will make more sense both financially and bang for buck.  There are a multitude of reasons not to build them and its got to do with the no one wants one near them factor more than anything else IMHO. 


Thats fair.  I don't have any good answers but gum trees around my property limit the viability of solar panels at my place. 

Id be on the roof cleaning a lot.