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The whole problem with the whole argument is: It isn't a binary choice.

• theptip 4y ago
  I was using that phrasing to illustrate my ranking of preference between those two options, I wasn't claiming that we have a binary choice. To be clear, I am explicitly advocating for a proper cost/benefit analysis that keeps all options on the table, rather than getting caught up on single factors ("we can't do micro-nuclear because it produces more nuclear waste"). As I mentioned later in the post, a major push to renewables is another option (I also don't see these as mutually exclusive). I know that the most popular plan here is "push hard for renewables". I like that plan; I think a Green New Deal is an excellent idea. But empirically, how is that plan going? If that's your plan A, do you think it's going well enough to reject a plan B that you deem to be worse, but still dramatically better than climate change? I think the stakes are high enough that we should be hedging our bets.
• freemint 4y ago
  The number of plants you build is an integer valued choice though. This has profound implications.