> So, how do you get large energy conglomerates and oligopolies from neglecting this infrastructure?
This isn't unique to private sector - public infrastructure suffers from underinvestment too.
The same way that you get GCHP, coal, wind and solar infrastructure, or roads and rail infrastructure supported - long term backing from governments.
> The proponents of nuclear fission often forget that greed and neglect runs rampant.
And the opposers will point at the failures and ignore the huge successes of decades of low cost, low carbon electricity globally around the world.
Looking at the UK (where I live, purely because I'm familiar with the situation here) the newest currently operating nuclear plant here was built in 1995, meanwhile the oldest gas plant in the country was built in 1993. The operating lifespan of the majority of these power stations has been 50 years, meanwhile we're still building them and struggling to build _one_ nuclear plant here in the last 30 years.
So to answer your original question - stop having them build gas power plants and have them invest in nuclear plants instead.
This isn't unique to private sector - public infrastructure suffers from underinvestment too.
The same way that you get GCHP, coal, wind and solar infrastructure, or roads and rail infrastructure supported - long term backing from governments.
> The proponents of nuclear fission often forget that greed and neglect runs rampant.
And the opposers will point at the failures and ignore the huge successes of decades of low cost, low carbon electricity globally around the world.
Looking at the UK (where I live, purely because I'm familiar with the situation here) the newest currently operating nuclear plant here was built in 1995, meanwhile the oldest gas plant in the country was built in 1993. The operating lifespan of the majority of these power stations has been 50 years, meanwhile we're still building them and struggling to build _one_ nuclear plant here in the last 30 years.
So to answer your original question - stop having them build gas power plants and have them invest in nuclear plants instead.