3 ms·
I get very tired of pro nuclear posts that ignore entirely the legitimate downside of nuclear energy. It's the only energy generation which has made an entire c
by WheatMillington 3y ago
I get very tired of pro nuclear posts that ignore entirely the legitimate downside of nuclear energy. It's the only energy generation which has made an entire city uninhabitable. An please enough with the "this could never happen again with modern reactors" nonsense, as if all possible outcomes can be anticipated.
- Thorondor 3y agoNuclear energy is hardly the only power source that has made an entire city uninhabitable. The Banqiao dam failure flooded 30 cities and affected over 10 million people. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1975_Banqiao_Dam_failure https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1975_Banqiao_Dam_failure Then there's Centralia, PA, which was turned into a virtual ghost town by a coal mine fire. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centralia_mine_fire https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centralia_mine_fire And we're not even considering the effects of global warming here. Sure, nuclear has risks, but our civilization needs energy and nuclear has proven to be one of the least risky ways to produce it.
- desro 3y agoThis is a complex issue, no way around it, and I'm not an expert in the field. My thought in response to this is to consider the way coal, oil, copper, uranium, silicon, [...] shape human activity and culture. More specifically, I wonder about: - major oil spills - "mining towns," boom & bust - generally any of the costs associated with resource extraction (copper's mined with diesel, they say) It's complex because it's hard to tell if any of us are making apples-to-apples comparisons in these discussions (broadly). And... I hope we figure it out before our current energy generation makes an entire planet uninhabitable.
- nocoiner 3y agoYeah, well, fossil fuels made the entire city of Houston unlivable.