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One more reason that we need nuclear power. It keeps going when the sun doesn’t shine for whatever reason. If the Netherlands’ greenhouses switched to electric
by doingtheiroming 5y ago
One more reason that we need nuclear power. It keeps going when the sun doesn’t shine for whatever reason. If the Netherlands’ greenhouses switched to electric heating, they can produce food year round. Indoor farming is an unsung hero of modern agriculture that we can use much more of when we get the cost of energy down. And it’s also a way for us to survive all sorts of catastrophes, not only a nuclear war.
- mumblemumble 5y agoI would guess that nuclear power plants are one of the first pieces of infrastructure to be targeted in the event of a NATO-Russia nuclear war. The reasons why nuclear power plants are less likely to be attacked in a conventional war don't really apply in that case. And you wouldn't even need to waste a nuke on it; a conventional warhead would do the job just as well. Solar, yeah, I suppose losing ~50% of your output capacity is not awesome. But better to be operating at 50% than to be destroyed completely.
- doingtheiroming 5y agoA regional conflict like India / Pakistan is far more likely than a superpower apocalypse and nuclear power would be hugely helpful in that situation. The same goes for a major volcanic eruption or any number of other disasters we might face which affect the amount of solar energy available.
- mumblemumble 5y agoI would guess that India and Pakistan know as well as anyone else the importance of destroying an opponent's most critical infrastructure in the execution of a total war.
- bufferoverflow 5y agoThat's why we need underground nuclear power plants. War in Ukraine showed how fragile surface infrastructure is.
- einpoklum 5y agoWe must close the cave gap!