I’m fairly convinced that the main proponents of nuclear energy is the construction industry. 20+ year construction jobs in a highly regulated area (a perfect excuse for any sort of delay)? You don’t get those very often.
This goes doubly for Italy, where a significant part of that industry has a mafia issue.
Nuclear is also great news for the oil/gas industry that is worried how comparatively very quickly solar/wind power can be rolled out: states heavily [invest] into ideas that give very little bang per buck, take a very long time to realize, and which are usually fairly inflexible in their production.
I’m fairly convinced that the main proponents of nuclear energy is the construction industry. 20+ year construction jobs in a highly regulated area (a perfect excuse for any sort of delay)? You don’t get those very often.
This goes doubly for Italy, where a significant part of that industry has a mafia issue.
Nuclear is also great news for the oil/gas industry that is worried how comparatively very quickly solar/wind power can be rolled out: states heavily [invest] into ideas that give very little bang per buck, take a very long time to realize, and which are usually fairly inflexible in their production.
Mafia translates to incompetence as nepotism, “higher orders”, and quid pro quo take precedence over competence.