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Stop trying to make nuclear power a thing. It's not happening. We're all concerned about the state of the aging plants in the US and many are not hardened enoug

Stop trying to make nuclear power a thing. It's not happening. We're all concerned about the state of the aging plants in the US and many are not hardened enough for the impact of climate change.

mimixco 7y ago
The whole industry is dying, all over the world, and must now reply on PR puff pieces such as this one that continue to haul out the "climate will kill us!" bogeyman. Perhaps nuclear advocates haven't considered that, given enough time, the Earth's cyclical climate will kill us anyway. Personally, I'd rather wait for that than have nuke plants speed up the death toll and pollute the land with uranium tailings and contaminated water. But that's just me.
- zaq_xsw 7y ago
  > Earth's cyclical climate will kill us anyway Why? The reason climate change is dangerous is not because it'll get too hot or cold for us, but because the temperature is changing too fast. It's the gradient that's the problem.
  - mimixco 7y ago
    Vast swaths of North America have been under water or covered in ice sheets at various points in the Earth's history, including the time when humans lived. I think it's fair to say that we are not well adapted to live under water or ice, yet both of those are definitely coming. Someday.
    - zaq_xsw 7y ago
      Okay, so updated: > Perhaps nuclear advocates haven't considered [that if we can slow down climate change then we'll have to make some steady societal changes over the next few thousand years (instead of over a much smaller time-frame) to adapt to the Earth's natural climate changes] Not to be rude, but you're wasting peoples' time when you don't even follow your own line of thinking in your comments. You've made quite a few comments on this post that don't really contribute to the discussion.
      - mimixco 7y ago
        I'll accept that as your subjective opinion and respectfully disagree. I'm quite well informed on this topic and this thread needed several truths surfaced which were occluded by industry PR claims.
imtringued 7y ago
Well this is an interesting perspective. I not against maintaining old nuclear power plants because the already paid off the capital expenses but if all this fearmongering about climate change is just a way to line the pockets of power companies then they might as well go to hell in my opinion.

Stop trying to make nuclear power a thing. It's not happening. We're all concerned about the state of the aging plants in the US and many are not hardened enough for the impact of climate change.

mimixco 7y ago

The whole industry is dying, all over the world, and must now reply on PR puff pieces such as this one that continue to haul out the "climate will kill us!" bogeyman. Perhaps nuclear advocates haven't considered that, given enough time, the Earth's cyclical climate will kill us anyway. Personally, I'd rather wait for that than have nuke plants speed up the death toll and pollute the land with uranium tailings and contaminated water. But that's just me.

zaq_xsw 7y ago
> Earth's cyclical climate will kill us anyway Why? The reason climate change is dangerous is not because it'll get too hot or cold for us, but because the temperature is changing too fast. It's the gradient that's the problem.
- mimixco 7y ago
  Vast swaths of North America have been under water or covered in ice sheets at various points in the Earth's history, including the time when humans lived. I think it's fair to say that we are not well adapted to live under water or ice, yet both of those are definitely coming. Someday.
  - zaq_xsw 7y ago
    Okay, so updated: > Perhaps nuclear advocates haven't considered [that if we can slow down climate change then we'll have to make some steady societal changes over the next few thousand years (instead of over a much smaller time-frame) to adapt to the Earth's natural climate changes] Not to be rude, but you're wasting peoples' time when you don't even follow your own line of thinking in your comments. You've made quite a few comments on this post that don't really contribute to the discussion.
    - mimixco 7y ago
      I'll accept that as your subjective opinion and respectfully disagree. I'm quite well informed on this topic and this thread needed several truths surfaced which were occluded by industry PR claims.

imtringued 7y ago

Well this is an interesting perspective. I not against maintaining old nuclear power plants because the already paid off the capital expenses but if all this fearmongering about climate change is just a way to line the pockets of power companies then they might as well go to hell in my opinion.