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Placing economic sanctions on oil states which want to build nuclear reactors does seem counterproductive wrt climate goals.
by Tharkun 7y ago
Placing economic sanctions on oil states which want to build nuclear reactors does seem counterproductive wrt climate goals.
- briandear 7y agoHowever in the case of Iran where they have both stated and have made significant nuclear weapons progress as well as expressed an official position of “wiping Israel off the map,” it would be a folly. But Europe, North and South America and much of Africa doesn’t have destroying another county as a stated ambition. Iran, for example, could be pursing rapid expansion of solar in addition to nuclear if getting off fossil fuels was their actual goal, but it’s not. Same for North Korea. There are some governments that absolutely can’t be trusted with dual-use nuclear technology. I would be equally nervous if Saudi Arabia were to develop a sudden interest in nuclear power.
- Tharkun 7y agoOnly one government has ever used nuclear weapons.