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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Think beyond your own lifetime

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

The energy problem we have isn't beyond my lifetime, it's now. There is a finite amount of investment available for new energy projects, and if we pour it into nuclear that means 10+ years of continuing with present usage of fossil fuels. Obviously I know noone is suggesting we do only nuclear, but the point remains that renewables projects can be completed sooner and cheaper. Even if we continue to use nuclear to support the base load and decide to develop some level of capability beyond what exists today, the majority of investment should go to renewables.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

We have there options:

  1. Continue fossils and make earth uninhabitable for a medium (on the scale of humanity) duration of time.

  2. Switch to renevables, even if it means changing our way of living, maybe overproducing less, having less ultra riches etc.

  3. Switch to nuclear, which isn't fast enough to stop the fossil problem but also contaminates earth for a ultra long amount of time and also is way harder to get rid of (we have at least in theory options to get co2 out of the atmosphere even if its not at all practical/usable e ough to help us with our current situation, for nuclear waste there is literally nothing you can to except wait.)

No sane person I met ever argued for 1, but since some time Americans seem to start arguing for 3 instead of 2 with literally no good arguments.