Former Liberal Party leader Malcolm Turnbull has opposed nuclear energy, promoting solar, wind, and hydro energy instead.
Mr. Turnbull, who served as the 29th prime minister of Australia from 2015 to 2018, said even if nuclear plants were not “hugely expensive” and take “decades to build,” they were “not the right fit for Australia’s energy mix.”
“Regarding nuclear: our big advantage is solar and wind. Especially solar, which is cheap and getting cheaper and easier to install,” he said on X.
“However, that means we need to store excess electricity when it is in abundance and use it when it is not—hence batteries and pumped hydro.”...
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