Amazon, Google and Microsoft Are Investing in Nuclear Power
www.nytimes.com
Large technology companies are investing billions of dollars in nuclear energy as an emissions-free source of electricity for artificial intelligence and other businesses.

My impression is that this is a PR push, designed to avoid having to invest in renewables, and let them keep on burning gas and coal, rather than something likely to come to fruition.

  • BizzleEnglish
    19•10 hours ago

    Honestly, I know this is a polarizing issue, but nuclear is clean and pretty much safe and you don’t need batteries for it. Lithium batteries of course being an ecological nightmare. Bring it on I say.

    • Nightwatch AdminEnglish
      6•5 hours ago

      Mining for nuclear is an ecological disaster, and is often done in poor countries under awful conditions, especially lung cancer due to the radon emissions of uranium.

    • @[email protected]OPEnglish
      13•9 hours ago

      Mostly:

      • New nuclear is really expensive
      • It also takes a long time to deliver
      • The new reactor examples in here consist of reactors from suppliers who haven’t done that before

      So it has the feel of a plan to promise to spend a lot of money several years from now, and get a lot of PR points today, and quietly cancel the project later.

      • BizzleEnglish
        3•9 hours ago

        Well that is, indeed, wack. I appreciate your perspective, I can’t believe I missed the “corporations lying for money” angle. I’m usually on top of it.