l. c. o. e, a less than $50.00 per megawatt hour in most markets. so at 1st glance, it looks like nuclear, that a huge cost advantage. but that's not the whole story. l c o. lee was actually developed as a tool to describe the cost of energy for power plants of a given nature. however, this tool fails when it attempts to compare different energy sources needed to provide a reliable 247 electricity supply. for example, while nuclear requires a $103.00 acres per 1000000 megawatt hours, solar requires $3200.00 acres. and when will use 17800 acres. and while nuclear maybe more expensive than renewables in the short run, it is important to factor in the lifespan of these projects. nuclear plants can operate for 40 to 60 years while solar panels last for a maximum of 30 years. wind turbines only last 25 years. now this cost savings is evident in france, which gets 70 percent of its energy from nuclear versus germany, which effectively remove nuclear from its energy mix. so now let's brand, joshua goldstein, professor of international relations at american university for more on this. so josh, a lot of active is still don't want nuclear, even though is much cleaner