That is the question, isn't it?
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It's interesting, i never heard this narrative. I am really interested
I think they might have created this problem because it is probably hard for politicians and corporations bribing them to extract value by building new nuclear power plants.
First of all, it requires competence. You can't really accept bribes by allowing low quality equipments in the nuclear power plants because if they fail, you'll never get elected again. Why take such a risk when you buy Russian oil which requires a lot more moving parts where you can extract value?
And of course the incumbents that are already rich because of oil based products also bribe govts to lean towards oil.
Nuclear energy is pure. Energy is generated and goes into the grid. The govts lose some leverage if they go full nuclear.
That's a fair argument.
Still everything nuclear frightens me. After Fukushima i wouldn't approve anything like this though.
Also , russians make nuclear plants also. I think that they would have more profit doing so... So why promoting gas?
Because there is demand for gas. Why wouldn't they promote something they have?
Gas is good but you can cut it without having such big consequences as with nuclear power. When they depend on you about maintenance, fuel etc on nuclear is a different story. For example look at this
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/14/climate/enriched-uranium-nuclear-russia-ohio.html
Even USA is dependent on Russians. In fact Russians can kneel the West instantly for sure if they want. So why they don't do it? I can think of only two reasons. One, they don't want to play with the possibility that the West in its despair will do something to lead to a nuclear war, especially when it seems that they will win in the long run anyway. Two, there is a possibility, and that's my biggest fear, that Putin wants to be friends again with the West, or his partners as he used to say. In that case, the elite's grip on common people will be very tight...
What do you think guys?