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You just clarified your first two "If's" with your last one. Perception. Coal has killed far more people than nuclear ever has, despite the compounded blunders
by cykros 2y ago
You just clarified your first two "If's" with your last one.
Perception. Coal has killed far more people than nuclear ever has, despite the compounded blunders that led to Chernobyl and Fukushima (storing MOX on TOP of the reactors? Really?).
Wind is a fine thing to build out as a supplemental power source, but it can never satisfy baseline needs, and isn't even putting a dent in replacing fossil fuels -- at best it is helping to marginally slow the expansion of fossil fuel reliance as we add more and more consumption of power with the advancement of technologies across the world. The anti-nuclear movement was heavily funded by the fossil fuel industry from the get-go, and their propaganda has been more successful than they could have dreamed of.
But these perceptions are changing. Even Greta and her green minions are going pro-nuclear these days. It's a slow boat to turn, but there's a sign we might just turn this ship around to avert at least a portion of the looming energy crisis.