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Originally Posted by DarkArts
.....Clearly, you want to believe in nuclear power for Australia. That's your right. In the end, though, someone has to pay for it.
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I'd not be in favour of MSR's if they could not be made cost effective, but as I said, the cost will almost certainly fall by an order of magnitude or more once
"mass produced" designs are developed.
I think you vastly overstate the "risks". Rocks also fall from space, but I don't wear a hard hat while gardening. I guess we'll have to agree to disagree on that
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Having a diverse energy mix would be far more prudent than only renewables which have large real estate footprints and simply don't work well during extreme weather events, which are sadly becoming more frequent as our atmosphere gains more energy due ever increasing CO2 levels.
As a matter of nation building/ self reliance I'd very much like Australia not rely on China (BTW I think the USA is buggered) and commence our own MSR research/production and possibly export locally produced systems. This clearly will not happen anytime soon, but I believe it should be a national goal and is achievable by mid-century.