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[-] sparkyshocks@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 days ago

Solar needs active maintenance, including personnel of varying skills. All projects have ongoing costs, especially if they're gonna sit outside in the weather.

Better to just compare all costs, across the projected lifespan, and compare replacement costs if one source lasts longer than the other.

Doing all that tends to show that building new nuclear isn't cost competitive. Not big reactors, not small reactors.

[-] psud@aussie.zone 1 points 2 days ago

My point is you don't need people with doctorate level education to run a solar plant, you occasionally need people with a technical level education to fix stuff, or near unskilled to clean

And if you need parts they don't come with the x hundred percent markup for certification that nuclear has

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