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The only thing I didn't like about nuclear was waste products. It seemed common sense to me that it COULD be recycled back in the day but nobody seemed interested. Now that they've finally climbed that hill the only reason to not have it is political.

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I also don't like the costs of uranium mining and the potential of a meltdown due to, well, you name it- solar flare, cyberattack, EMP pulse, natural disaster (ie Fukushima), etc...

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All forms of energy have costs. Fact: nuclear is by far the lowest of any other form of energy.

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Nanotech solar sounds extremely promising.

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Solar energy density is too low and it is geographically limited and cyclical. Those are they key handicaps of solar. Even if solar PV was free it would still be impractical for a modern electrical grid. Good only on a diesel grid.

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Sounds like the grids need updating... oh wait, it does! BTW handicaps of solar is 'old solar'. There are newer advancements, and with batteries too.

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Batteries aren't even remotely close to feasible. And new solar is pretty much the same as old solar.

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So Moore's Law applies to all technology except solar and batteries? Oohhhh-kaaayyy

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No Moore's Law ONLY applies to integrated circuits which are improving due to miniaturization. It has nothing to do with solar & batteries. In fact solar is more like textile manufacture, and many solar companies were textile manufacturers.

Why does nobody ever claim Moore's Law for nuclear when unlike solar or batteries, the very basics, namely factory construction or assembly line production hasn't been done yet, due to corrupt political interference of nuclear development. Including the IFR mentioned in this article.

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Moore's Law applies to all tech, look at the transhumanism movement and the singularity goal. And political interference is run against all energies that threatens the current paradigm of financial profit, which includes nuclear. Look at what happened to Nikola Tesla, the lies and corruption goes back decades.

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No it doesn't. It is specific to integrated circuits. Solar pv prices are increasing.

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