Turn It On Nuclear Plant

Austria has a fully functional, one billion dollar nuclear power plant capable of providing power for more than 1.5 million households they built back in the 70s that has not been turned on once because they banned nuclear power immediately after they finished building it. Turn it on. What a tease. >A referendum on the use of nuclear power was held in Austria on 5 November 1978 >Voters were asked whether they approved a law allowing the peaceful use of nuclear power, particularly relating to the start-up of the Zwentendorf Nuclear Power Plant >Voters narrowly rejected it, with 50.5% voting against. As a result, although the Power Plant was finished, it never operated and has been repurposed for various projects over the years

A sad-looking Pepe the Frog appears beside a forum post about Austria’s completed but never-used Zwentendorf nuclear power plant. The replies—“Turn it on” and “What a tease”—make the joke about having an expensive, fully functional resource that remains permanently unused. It is used as a reaction to frustrating missed opportunities and needless restrictions. EN: A sad-looking Pepe the Frog appears beside a forum post about Austria’s completed but never-used Zwentendorf nuclear power plant. The replies—“Turn it on” and “What a tease”—make the joke about having an expensive, fully functional resource that remains permanently unused. It is used as a reaction to frustrating missed opportunities and needless restrictions.

• @eternalclassic / 66212 2025-03-08