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@kravietz @cstross yes, nuclear is capital-heavy and gets cheaper if the state provides low-interest loans. But that's also true for solar and wind.

If you compare on the basis of constant weighted average capital cost then renewables still beat nuclear.

Or the West could realise what China has realised - the cost of electricity in the 21st century depends upon the cost of loans, so state funding of generation makes electricity cheaper and makes your nation more economically competitive.