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Renewables are the only energy source we can afford to use in the next few years, there is no alternative to that. We tried to make nuclear energy a thing for

• throwaway894345 5y ago
  > We tried to make nuclear energy a thing for over 50 years, No, we didn't. Nuclear was and is unpopular for reasons that aren't justified by the evidence. > we aren't able to make safe use of it This is entirely untrue. Nuclear is the safest energy source by far, even more so than wind or solar: https://www.statista.com/statistics/494425/death-rate-worldwide-by-energy-source/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/494425/death-rate-worldw... > we couldn't get a solution for the waste. We know the solution for the waste, we just have to act on it. And anyway, we have to solve for the existing waste and once you have to dig a big hole for a little bit of waste you can use that existing hole for a whole lot of waste with virtually no economic impact.
• shakow 5y ago
  > we aren't able to a) make safe use of it Nuclear power was one of the safest energy source in the last century. Even hydroelectrical power, which is quite safe, has been much deadlier than nuclear accidents, and don't get me started on the consequences of carbon-heavy production methods. > b) get a solution for the waste. There is a solution for the waste: deep burial in stable geological conditions. The only people saying there are no solution do not have any other argument better “dangerous green-glowing slime makes me afraid, Greenpeace plz help”.