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We can get by without coal (and oil once most cars run on electricity) as long as we embrace nuclear.
by spectaclepiece 7y ago
We can get by without coal (and oil once most cars run on electricity) as long as we embrace nuclear.
- vkou 7y agoI'm not making a claim about our environmental future, I'm making a claim about where our present prosperity comes from. People frequently credit our economic system for uplifting us from pre-industrial squalor. It's like a young millionaire praising a daily exercise regiment, and hot yoga three times a week for his success, and not the fifty million dollar trust fund he inherited at the age of 18. It helps, but it's not the important part.
- spectaclepiece 7y agoAgree with your argument, it was unnecessary to nitpick your choice of examples.