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The memes of the climate

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The climate of the memes of the climate!

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Is nuclear a bad option? Only downsides I've heard are basically optics problems. Barring facilities that catastrophically failed on top of horrid safety policy negligence, they seem perfectly suited for baseline power production.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

Cost. The reality is nuclear is not just more expensive than every other option, it’s a lot more. I remember seeing something like ten times the cost of solar, per whatever unit of energy

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Cost, where we get uranium, how to handle the wastes. And it may fail even more if we fail to cool it down (less water due to Earth warming up)