Meanwhile in Germany:

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    Except that if you calculate the complete cost including building the plants it’s stupendously expensive compared to renewables even including energy storage.

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      Which is irrelevant, unless you’re representing a profit-seeking corporation (if that were the case, fuck off, then).

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        I do like nuclear, but of course the costs matter regardless of profit seeking. If you have two options that are same benefit but one costs more, to go with that one is just wasteful.

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          They’re not the same benefit. The cost of extracting the materials for building renewable infrastructure is also immense, and that infrastructure must be completely swapped out every couple decades.

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        Why is that irrelevant? These plants don’t run forever and are very expensive. You wouldn’t buy a car either that costs 15 million Euro, but in return just uses 1liter of diesel per 100km.

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          These plants don’t run forever

          Compared to solar and wind, they may as well last forever. We’re talking the difference between a century or more (nuclear) to complete exhaustion in just a couple decades (solar).

          You wouldn’t buy a car either that costs[…]

          I wouldn’t buy a car, period.

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            That is factually incorrect. The oldest reactors still in service are around 60years old and have to be maintained and repaired at high costs as safety relevant parts are heavily deteriorated.

            With rising safety measures new plants get more expensive from year to year all the while renewables get cheaper and cheaper in production.

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        Nuclear costs double per kilowatt than solar tho??
        And Nuclear Plants are always built by for profit companies?