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Another miserable year for nuclear power as renewables surge (reneweconomy.com.au)

submitted 9 months ago by carrotfox@piefed.social to c/climate@slrpnk.net

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[–] jedibob5@lemmy.world 23 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I mean, at least it's a form of green energy that's surging instead of fossil fuels.

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[–] GhostPain@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago (1 child)

Big Oil has started funding nuclear. That's an automatic fail.

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[–] vividspecter@aussie.zone 10 points 9 months ago

Classic delay tactic from the fossil fuel industry. Prop up some bullshit alternative that will never happen in order to delay the actual solution.

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[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 1 point 9 months ago

In China, new nuclear capacity in 2025 amounted to 2.5 GW whereas solar capacity installed in the first 11 months of 2025 amounted to an estimated 275 GW.

This made me laugh out loud. But hey, nukular is totally the future, trust me, bro!

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