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		freemint on July 14, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Saskatchewan, Ontario to roll out mini-nuclear rea... And when those numbers are run they turn out cheaper then nuclear

p1mrx on July 14, 2022 [–]

Do you mean that for the purpose of backing up wind and solar, it will be cheaper to use fossil fuels and sequester the carbon, than to use nuclear energy and sequester the waste?

freemint on July 15, 2022 | [–]

No it will be cheaper to backup renewables by renewables with infrastructure then building nuclear for world wide carbon neutral electrification.

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