• NoiseColor@startrek.website
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    1 year ago

    That’s an oversimplification to the point that it is wrong. Nuclear power is not the only form of clean energy like that at all. It can not be scaled in this situation to save us, because it takes too long to build them.

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      1 year ago

      It takes 6 years on a fast paced build. If we had started when we knew of the problem, we could have avoided some of the problem. It is the only energy source we can scale up in that way, however. Every other energy source takes longer for less yield with current technology.

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        1 year ago

        If we had started, but we didn’t.

        It is not the only source like that at all. It is way easier, cheaper, faster and sustainable to build windmills where the is constant wind, solar cells where there is a lot of sun, hydro where there is… Energy sources should be built depending on the locality so they complement each other.

        This kind of talking in absolutes like some of you are doing is just plain wrong and it does disservice to advocacy for nuclear power.