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Nuclear power doesn't seem too politically non viable, especially if the alternative is rapid depopulation.
by yters 7y ago
Nuclear power doesn't seem too politically non viable, especially if the alternative is rapid depopulation.
- bin0 7y ago> rapid depopulation What exactly do you mean by this, and how would you accomplish it? Assuming, that is, that nuclear doesn't work (for whatever reason), as you've drawn a dichotomy.
- yters 7y agoDump some infertility causing chemical in all the water supplies. Or, nuke a bunch of countries, which has the added bonus of cooling down the earth. But, it's unclear that even completely eliminating humanity would reverse global warming.
- bin0 7y agoJesus Christ, you're not serious, are you? How evil can you get? The ends do not justify the means.
- yters 7y agoNo, not serious. Just pointing out what the alternative seems to entail.
- teucris 7y agoHow about something a little less demonic, like finding an economic system that doesn’t rely on endless growth as a catch-all for humanity’s problems?
- Spooky23 7y agoOr you work on raising living standards, which naturally lowers fertility. Warming is going to happen. Humanity will adapt. Modern spins on eugenics isn’t an answer and frankly is disgusting.
- valw 7y agoCareful: having the entire world adopt the living standards of Western countries is about the best way to guarantee that climate change makes the planet inhabitable by 2100.
- yters 7y agoWell, we are already engaging in eugenics like I describe: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Security_Study_Memorandum_200 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Security_Study_Memora... Just the means we employ of pushing birth control and abortion are more politically correct in our intellectual environment.
- valw 7y agoRegardless of the controversy on the risks of nuclear energy, don't overestimate it's potential. We simply can't build nuclear plants everywhere we need them. We still mostly need a reduction in energy consumption and deforesting.
- hirundo 7y agoFrance derives 71% of its electricity from nuclear energy. In the US it's around 20%. So while nuclear power can't replace everything, even with current technology they could power the great majority of electricity generation. Sure we can't simply build them everywhere. But the main barriers to building enough of them to make a big difference aren't technical.