3 ms·
The Green New Deal is at worst nuclear-neutral in favor of stressing wind and solar. Biden's climate plan, which has a bunch of the same stakeholders and says
by hprotagonist 6y ago
The Green New Deal is at worst nuclear-neutral in favor of stressing wind and solar.
Biden's climate plan, which has a bunch of the same stakeholders and says the GND is a great idea, is on top of that more explicitly and vocally in favor of reactor development and a focus on efficiency improvements and waste processing and reclamation.
Hell, even greenpeace has been pro-reactor for a while now.
I don't see a short-to-medium solution that is the combination of better, cheaper, or safer per watt than nuclear power. (I have no problems with solar and wind, either)
- jka 6y ago> Hell, even greenpeace has been pro-reactor for a while now. Hrm. Do you have a reference for where you read about Greenpeace's stance on reactor development? Their nuclear energy page[1] currently says: "Nuclear energy has no place in a safe, clean, sustainable future." [1] - https://www.greenpeace.org/usa/global-warming/issues/nuclear/ https://www.greenpeace.org/usa/global-warming/issues/nuclear...
- hprotagonist 6y agoi think i misremembered. Weird!
- jka 6y agoIt happens to all of us :) In retrospect my comment might have read unintentionally sternly; I was just curious in case it was possible to track down where their policies were misrepresented originally.
- hprotagonist 6y agoI remember Some Organization Who You'd Think Would Hate Nukes In Fact Thinking Nukes Are Fine, i just, uh, picked the wrong name.
- robertlagrant 6y agoFrom memory, GreenPeace are one of the main reasons we still produce so much carbon: they opposed nuclear power, so we stuck with coal and oil.