These projects don't need to take 10+ years to complete, and don't need to cost what they cost.
Decades of fearmongering and NIMBYISM have created an artificial environment.
Decades of fearmongering and NIMBYISM have created an artificial environment.
At least alternative energy has less NIMBY people and more willing to take a shot at it.
Besides, even if you could wave a magic wand and delete such costs, like the Chinese government can with their top down control of planning and media, it's still worse, as their revealed preferences demonstrate with their acceleration of renewables build-out and slowdown of nuclear build-out.