Why are Americans are so Dumb?

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Originally Posted by Not Insane

If electric cars actually catch on (when, not if), Nuclear will come back with a vengeance. It has to.

It can't. There simply isn't enough battery production to come remotely close to that and it's not clear that it is even possible.

Originally Posted by Not Insane

His take on solar is that it is more expensive than any other commercial form of power generation, but has two advantages for homeowner rooftop solar:

It is, studies have been done and home installations of solar are ~3 times more expensive than grid installations...yet people still do it when grid operators won't. It's hilarious sad.

Originally Posted by Not Insane

BTW, here is a GREAT video called "how fear of nuclear ends".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mI6IzPCmIW8

Indeed, thanks for that.

Diablo Canyon is the last operating nuclear power plant on the west coast...and it's scheduled for permanent shutdown soon.