Half the reason it ends up so expensive is because no one has experience building them, and so they always end up over budget when they do get made (at least in the US)
And the danger is vastly overblown. Far more have died as the results of accidents in other power industries then as a result of nuclear. It’s very safe when properly regulated (and not run by clowns aka Chernobyl)
The margins might be high, but I can’t imagine there is enough business to justify that many stores. How often do people actually go buy new mattresses?
You do lose quite a bit of electricity going over long distances, but can overcome that with sheer volume. But that also means the closer the generator to the consumer, the more efficient it’ll be.
I do enjoy the idiots going on about “The market is massively up today, go Trump!” While ignoring the fact it’s still down quite a bit from where it was before all the bullshit
If I constantly start and stop thinking about Ralph, is the end result some kind of existential waterboarding?