Originally Posted by
Zaphod
Overall, IMO a closure would have a significant negative economic effects across the entire country. A significant surplus of cheap power would also wipe several hundreds of millions off generators and retailers nationwide, leading to job losses and lower rates of investment in infrastructure. Our balance of trade would also be negatively impacted.
We'd all like to think that closure would be the golden egg for electricity consumers (and there would be some benefits), but I think overall it would be decidedly negative.