https://www.theenergymix.com/nuclear-dinosaurs-roam-new-brunswick-ontario-as-jurassic-partnership-looms/ The climate news that makes a difference. Tue, 02 Apr 2024 01:37:47 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://www.theenergymix.com/nuclear-dinosaurs-roam-new-brunswick-ontario-as-jurassic-partnership-looms/#comment-23250 Mon, 01 Apr 2024 23:26:13 +0000 https://www.theenergymix.com/?p=146611#comment-23250 Ratepayers in Ontario and New Brunswick should ask some tough questions about whether they’ll be on the hook for the two utilities’ nuclear ambitions, past and present. Why these utilities avoid cheaper, faster renewable energy with firming technologies seems to be willful blindness enabled by the “bank of the ratepayer”.

]]> https://www.theenergymix.com/nuclear-dinosaurs-roam-new-brunswick-ontario-as-jurassic-partnership-looms/#comment-23225 Sun, 31 Mar 2024 11:42:26 +0000 https://www.theenergymix.com/?p=146611#comment-23225 Just ‘show me the money”: prove that this technology is safe and affordable, and I’m interested. But it will take more than wishes and a bunch of fuzzy numbers – especially in a world where solar and wind with backup are getting better and cheaper.

]]> https://www.theenergymix.com/nuclear-dinosaurs-roam-new-brunswick-ontario-as-jurassic-partnership-looms/#comment-23208 Fri, 29 Mar 2024 13:45:15 +0000 https://www.theenergymix.com/?p=146611#comment-23208 The dinosaur analogy is spot on. The use of both nuclear and fossil fuels belong in the same place, in the past.

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