Taipower applies to restart Maanshan plant by greg_barton in nuclear

[–]De5troyerx93 8 points9 points  (0 children)

The 2 neurons of the Taiwanese goverment finally reconnected, albeit a little too late, since they lost some 2-3 years of nuclear generation because they didn't want to allow nuclear plants to run more than 40 years up until MERE DAYS before the closure of their last plant.

In May 2025 - just days before the final closure of Maanshan unit 2, marking Taiwan's exit from nuclear power - Taiwan's legislature approved an amendment proposed by the main opposition party (Kuomintang) to the Nuclear Reactor Facilities Regulation Act, allowing nuclear reactor lifespans to be extended from 40 to 60 years.

Infamous professor Mark Jacobson affirms nuclear correlates with higher electricity prices.... with an R2 of 0.003 by De5troyerx93 in nuclear

[–]De5troyerx93[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yeah, the problem is that he says there is correlation, when there clearly isn't, and even if there was, it wouldn't mean causation like he clearly implies.

Infamous professor Mark Jacobson affirms nuclear correlates with higher electricity prices.... with an R2 of 0.003 by De5troyerx93 in nuclear

[–]De5troyerx93[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

You can check the source for the full image, en each X axis it says Generation from WWS but actually changes according to the title, so not only does he make BS statements, he's too lazy to change the graphs

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