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Nuclear power is unpopular but sometimes leaders need to lead by doing the unpopular thing, every now and again we get good ones. For all their flaws (and ther

by mhh__ 5y ago

Nuclear power is unpopular but sometimes leaders need to lead by doing the unpopular thing, every now and again we get good ones. For all their flaws (and there are many, don't trust a Tory) our government in the UK has done a good-ish job with environmental policy. Not great, but not like the early Trump admin going full retard over fossil fuels, science etc. We even did a carbon tax and it seems to work.

Sharlin 5y ago
> Not great, but not like the early Trump admin going full retard over fossil fuels, science etc. It's really concerning if "good-ish" now means "being better than the Trump admin at least"
ASalazarMX 5y ago
> Nuclear power is unpopular but sometimes leaders need to lead by doing the unpopular thing The biggest flaw of democracy is that politicians need votes, for them and their party, and getting them is their main objective. They do unpopular things, but make immense efforts to spin it as desirable. Climate change will be properly addressed until the general population suffers from it, and threatens to vote for someone who actually does something. At that point, an emergency state could be declared and the votes won't be as valuable.
aksss 5y ago
Was Trump's policy towards nuclear bad? I seem to recall that his admin green-lit in-country efforts that were effectively on ice for quite a while - TREAT, ARDP, the VTR, micro/small reactors, Vogtle approval. And an opening statement from Forbes article in Dec 2020: "By most accounts, President-elect Joe Biden will continue President Trump’s nuclear energy legacy — to aggressively develop U.S. technology for export to the international market within five to seven years." https://www.forbes.com/sites/dipkabhambhani/2020/12/01/biden-to-continue-trump-nuclear-energy-legacy-industry-calls-president-elect-to-open-international-market/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/dipkabhambhani/2020/12/01/biden...

by mhh__ 5y ago

Sharlin 5y ago

> Not great, but not like the early Trump admin going full retard over fossil fuels, science etc. It's really concerning if "good-ish" now means "being better than the Trump admin at least"

ASalazarMX 5y ago

> Nuclear power is unpopular but sometimes leaders need to lead by doing the unpopular thing The biggest flaw of democracy is that politicians need votes, for them and their party, and getting them is their main objective. They do unpopular things, but make immense efforts to spin it as desirable. Climate change will be properly addressed until the general population suffers from it, and threatens to vote for someone who actually does something. At that point, an emergency state could be declared and the votes won't be as valuable.

aksss 5y ago

Was Trump's policy towards nuclear bad? I seem to recall that his admin green-lit in-country efforts that were effectively on ice for quite a while - TREAT, ARDP, the VTR, micro/small reactors, Vogtle approval. And an opening statement from Forbes article in Dec 2020: "By most accounts, President-elect Joe Biden will continue President Trump’s nuclear energy legacy — to aggressively develop U.S. technology for export to the international market within five to seven years." https://www.forbes.com/sites/dipkabhambhani/2020/12/01/biden-to-continue-trump-nuclear-energy-legacy-industry-calls-president-elect-to-open-international-market/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/dipkabhambhani/2020/12/01/biden...