2 pointsby leonidasrup2 hours ago1 comment
  • dotcoma2 hours ago
    The real ghost here is a technology from the XX Century that some, like Politico and, I imagine, their corporate backers, would like to bring back to life.

    The article says "Sweden, Finland and the U.K. are expanding or extending nuclear programs". AFAIK, 'new' nuclear energy facilities in Finland and the UK were planned a long time ago, and have been delivered late and terribly over budget.

    Shutting down nuclear plants now is unwise, but building new ones is folly. In Italy, new plants would be ready by 2040 (my guess) the earliest. We need to move away from fossil fuels NOW, and solar + wind + batteries is the way to do it.