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Yeah I pretty much agree with what you say. Idk why you're downvoted. Essentially we want to make energy capture and efficient, clean, and safe as possible. Nu
by randomopining 5y ago
Yeah I pretty much agree with what you say. Idk why you're downvoted.
Essentially we want to make energy capture and efficient, clean, and safe as possible. Nuclear is clean until it isn't, and safe until it isn't.
It makes sense though, because solar has only recently become efficient enough to become the next big move.
- asdff 5y agoThat being said, even with the accidents, nuclear is cleaner and safer than something like coal or gas. I wouldn't be surprised if the same weren't true megawatt per megawatt for a solar cell with a 25 year life. More advanced facilities like Ivanpah rely on natural gas, presumably because batteries that could store power generated on site for this purpose are too costly, and I have no idea of Ivanpah's other consumables and their external costs to the environment. I feel like the reputation with nuclear power is a lot like the reputation with airline crashes: very few and far between events that are emblazoned in the public eye with the media spectacle. You have people today who have anxiety about flying, and no issues taking an uber to the airport for this reason, despite you being much more likely to die in a car crash than a plane crash. People don't understand nuclear power that well, nor do they understand what risk means statistically, so they lean into what they've heard or sentiment among their peers which comes from media coverage designed to engage viewers rather than dry research papers.