We aren't very good at risk. Acute nuclear disasters loom in the mind rather more than strongly than the slow planetary cooking of fossil fuels.
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Definitely true, but even then dams have killed far more than nuclear ever has. There's something in our cultural consciousness that is just really scared of nuclear things I reckon
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All options should be discussed, renewable energy is one that is discounted too readily though. The choices aren’t reduced to fossil vs nuclear
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Because their isn’t a good “renewable energy” maybe, maybe solar. But one or two nuclear plants and your done
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I'm guessing that it is the fear of the effect of all the nuclear waste (which will last longer than any current containment solutions we have) - we save the planet only to find the oceans polluted by the way we saved it.
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You realize that that the waste per capita from nuclear is the the size of a coke can???? We have a solution - nuclear and renewables and ban non-essential air travel. Problem solved.
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Many climate activists implicitly believe that ”sure, the standard of living has to decline in order for us to survive” - it just not always explicitly articulated or even understood what that actually means…
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The only way to reduce the standard of living is by violence: war or disaster. The majority of people won't give it up voluntarily. Nor is it proven they should. Many activists reject technologies that could save us and sustain society.
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