Submitted by mycophdstudent t3_ym2f9c in vermont
Sudden_Dragonfly2638 t1_iv3q591 wrote
If only we hadn't shut down that really stable base load power plant that we used to have...
mycophdstudent OP t1_iv3qsn5 wrote
They should build it on the NH side to better protect it from Vermont's anti-nuclear energy pressure goups.
Dire88 t1_iv4igxf wrote
Overall I like living in VT, but it's not just "anti-nuclear". Vermonters will cut off their nose to spite their face for anything that isn't asthetic.
That mindset has a place - billboards are gawdy and trashy - but it's expanded to a bunch of green energy initiatives. Just look at the windmill project that was denied in Windham/Grafton a few years ago - it would have been a huge benefit to the local communities but voters decided ruining their view wasn't worth it.
mycophdstudent OP t1_iv56odj wrote
Its It's like the people who complain about spotty cell service then vote against erecting a hilltop cell tower or complain about the lack of housing then vote in support of regulations which discourage housing development.
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Dire88 t1_iv5lew3 wrote
Oh you're an out of stater?
Your money is welcome in this conversation, not your opinion.
/s but yeah. I've never loved and hated living somewhere so much.
Twombls t1_iv5vbqd wrote
No one wanted to build another one though. The energy from ca is way way cheaper.
VWSpeedRacer t1_ivicq2y wrote
Oh no, they had to shut down when they were scheduled to shut down in the 70s. Who couldn't seen this coming??
mycophdstudent OP t1_ivloaul wrote
Vermont Yankee began operation in 1972. You're telling us that nuclear plant was built with an operational life of under than a decade?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vermont_Yankee_Nuclear_Power_Plant
murrly t1_iv4dd03 wrote
imagine if we had instead built a larger, newer stable base load power plant next to it, and then shut down the old one like responsible adults.
But no... we voted in Shumlin and let a child run things.
Loudergood t1_iv5qbw8 wrote
Who would run it? The same company that was so good at maintenance they let a cooling tower collapse?
murrly t1_iv5wc6v wrote
I'm a firm believer the US government should be running nuclear power plants, not private companies.
Twombls t1_iv5xwus wrote
That will happen when pigs grow wings.
VWSpeedRacer t1_ivicv2c wrote
... and they will, thanks to leakage from a privately run plant...
Twombls t1_iv5v6w2 wrote
Wouldn't be profitable to build. Hydro quebec undercut them with cheap hydro power from those massive dams that were built.
Galadrond t1_ivip27x wrote
Replace it with a Thorium Reactor.
Twombls t1_iv5uzbo wrote
That power plant would have cost nore money to keep modern. Than to just build a second power plant. However a new nuclear power plant wouldn't be profitable because hydro quebec undercut them.
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