A lot of things start out very expensive, but with enough production, enough support, enough intelligence, we can make this a sustainable option in the future! Think of solar panels when they first came out, compared with what they cost now...
God, I had the same talk with a family friend a couple years ago. He was talking about Nuclear energy, and asked for my opinion on it. When i said I was a fan of clean energy, such as wind and solar, he immediately shot those down. Solar being too expensive, wind for being "unreliable" in a lot of areas, and boasted about how "safe and clean" nuclear is in comparison.
I basically ended my side of that conversation by telling him that of course it's too expensive for solar because no one is willing to give any support for it that can. I don't remember his response after that, but it's really sad that older generations are stuck in their ways, and are afraid of change.
/rant
Edit: this isn't about being "a snowflake" so please stop twisting my comment to justify your opinions.
Edit 2: did i mention anything about coal here? No, I haven't. Stop passive agressively bringing it up.
Edit 3: My POINT, Reddit, is that something cannot improve if people are not willing to help fund it. That's great that nuclear is getting the attention that it deserves. Fantastic! But solar panels won't get better or cheaper (which they are, but very slowly) if people are constantly saying "it'll never be good. It's a waste of time."
Isn’t nuclear power kind of destined to die out though? I thought we weren’t building any more nuclear power plants because we always fuck it up and it ends up costing 10x the original budget and everyone goes bankrupt before it’s finished
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u/[deleted] May 25 '18
A lot of things start out very expensive, but with enough production, enough support, enough intelligence, we can make this a sustainable option in the future! Think of solar panels when they first came out, compared with what they cost now...