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veen · 1859 days ago · link · · parent · post: Andrew Yang Wants a Thorium Reactor by 2027. Good Luck, Buddy
Just for clarification, do you mean life cycle analysis by 'energy life cycles'? I thought the main reason we haven't seen a lot of nuclear expansion, other than public pushback, is the rapidly increasing costs with decreasing magnitude of construction; you either need to build a dozen at a time, or none at all. What do you think about nuclear as a stepping stone for a transition to renewables? If France can do it...The real argument against thorium reactors is that once you account for energy life cycles, the efficiency of production is below breakeven.