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Nuclear power had the distinct advantage of existing 50 years ago. No renewable can match that! I don't think it's entirely useless to study the mistakes of the
by scythe 4y ago
Nuclear power had the distinct advantage of existing 50 years ago. No renewable can match that! I don't think it's entirely useless to study the mistakes of the past, particularly since the same patterns may repeat themselves in the future — see e.g. the rhetoric comparing battery metal mining to the environmental impact of petrochemical extraction.
- pfdietz 4y agoThe past is dead, as the US and French attempts at reviving nuclear power plant construction are showing. One thing to note is how incredibly dangerous construction was in the past, including during the first nuclear rollout. The rate of deaths among construction workers was something like a factor of 5 higher in the 1960s as it is now. Did construction become more expensive because these deaths were deemed unacceptable? If so, you're not going to see cheaper nuclear without great relaxation of worker safety rules.
- pasttense01 4y agoThe renewable hydro existed long before 50 years ago.