In a recent study, researchers from the European Environmental Bureau (EEB), the Stockholm School of Economics (SSE), and the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) questioned the planned development of new nuclear capacities in the energy strategies of the United States and certain European countries.

New research shows renewables are more profitable than nuclear power::In a recent study, researchers from the European Environmental Bureau (EEB), the Stockholm School of Economics (SSE), and the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) questioned the planned development of new nuclear capacities in the energy strategies of the United States and certain European countries.

  • MrSpArkle@lemmy.caEnglish
    772·
    1 year ago

    Profit is not really the way to ascribe value to a method of power production. Otherwise continuing the use of fossil fuels would be the “best” course of action.

    • eskimofry@lemmy.mlEnglish
      37·
      1 year ago

      “Sure we destroyed the planet as we knew it, but for a brief moment in time, we increased value for shareholders!”

    • PoliticalAgitator@lemm.eeEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      It’s not even how denialist politicians value it. Who is getting those profits is just as important to them as the size of those profits.

    • Meowoem@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      32·
      1 year ago

      In this case the price is a reflection of the resources required to generate power, it also represents how much of something we can do - establishing solar panel factories and putting up solar farms is something we can do with less resources in a shorter amount of time.

    • IchNichtenLichten@lemmy.worldEnglish
      0·
      1 year ago

      Given that most countries have a capitalistic, private energy sector, profit may not be the best metric but it’s the only one that matters.

      The nuclear bros never seem to understand this though. If nuclear energy made any sense from a financial standpoint, we’d be building a ton of reactors but it doesn’t. With renewables and storage getting cheaper and new nuclear getting even more expensive, we’re not going to see much more new nuclear.