• chaogomu@lemmy.world
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    28 days ago

    Centralized power is perfectly fine if your power is state run.

    After all, natural monopolies should be socialized and run at cost.

    And with the advent of small modular reactors, you can even decentralize your power.

    A small reactor can have a building the size of gas station can power a small city, and the reactor will be small enough that it’s literally impossible for it to melt down.

    Sadly, regulations in the US (and many US allied nations) incentivise large and large plants that take forever to build and require custom parts which drive up the cost even more.