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They are silver bullets -- really, golden geese -- that are fixing it all, as fast as we spend to build them out. We could be building out much faster, if not f
by ncmncm 4y ago
They are silver bullets -- really, golden geese -- that are fixing it all, as fast as we spend to build them out. We could be building out much faster, if not for societal inertia and corrupt lobbying.
Each dollar spent on nukes is a dollar not spent on radically more productive renewables. Thus, each diverted to nukes brings climate catastrophe nearer.
- lelag 4y ago> Each dollar spent on nukes is a dollar not spent on radically more productive renewables. Thus, each diverted to nukes brings climate catastrophe nearer. Unfortunately, it seems we have a fundamental and irreconcilable disagreement on this point as I feel exactly the opposite. At least, I'm glad to live in a country where the government mostly share my view on the topic.
- ncmncm 4y agoAnd, it is fortunate that what will actually be built and operated will be dictated more by actual costs. Any nukes built will be mothballed long before their design life is over as they utterly fail to compete; except where their much more expensive output is forced on users by politics.