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We're killing our planet because we externalise cost. CO2, deforestation, habitat destruction, species extinction, overfishing, ocean pollution are proximate p
by monkeycantype 6y ago
We're killing our planet because we externalise cost.
CO2, deforestation, habitat destruction, species extinction, overfishing, ocean pollution are proximate problems arising from that deeper ultimate problem.
Nuclear is an adequate response to the proximate problem of global heating, it the worst possible response to ultimate problem of externalising cost.
To advocate nuclear in good faith it is essential to acknowledge this tension, and the complex social and philosophical challenges to resolving that tension.
- HappyDreamer 6y agoNuclear also externalizes cost -- to future generations, for thousands of years. Wave energy, wind and solar is different though. > ... Nuclear is an adequate response to the proximate problem of global heating ... It's not the only way -- what about heavier taxes for energy from burning oil and coal. But I guess people like their cars and getting stuck in the daily 08:00 traffic jams too much. Who wants trains or buses or bikes or running shoes.