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Epidemiologist. Writer (Guardian, Observer etc). "Well known research trouble-maker". PhDing at @UoW Host of @senscipod Email gidmk.healthnerd@gmail.com he/him

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    Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 25 Sep 2019

    I always feel like climate activists who eschew nuclear power are being inconsistent You can't follow "The world is literally ending!" with "But nuclear is too dangerous!" If the world is literally ending then surely all options are on the table

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      2. Matthew Dalby‏ @MatthewJDalby 25 Sep 2019
        Replying to @GidMK

        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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      3. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 25 Sep 2019
        Replying to @MatthewJDalby

        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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      2. Kat Barber #RCNFem‏ @katb2610 25 Sep 2019
        Replying to @GidMK

        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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      3. Morgan McNeal‏ @MorganMcNeal90 25 Sep 2019
        Replying to @katb2610 @GidMK

        Because their isn’t a good “renewable energy” maybe, maybe solar. But one or two nuclear plants and your done

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      2. Zoe Ashton‏ @whythelongwords 25 Sep 2019
        Replying to @GidMK

        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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      3. Dan Parnell‏ @DanParnell72 25 Sep 2019
        Replying to @whythelongwords @GidMK

        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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      2. take that, vaccines! vaccinated & adoptable!‏ @TakeThatSalk 25 Sep 2019
        Replying to @dfdy_ @GidMK

        Eh, not particularly. It's fearmongering.https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelshellenberger/2018/06/19/stop-letting-your-ridiculous-fears-of-nuclear-waste-kill-the-planet/amp/ …

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      2. Andreas Borell‏ @BorellAndreas 25 Sep 2019
        Replying to @GidMK @theitskeptic

        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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      3. Rob England  🦓‏ @rob_england 25 Sep 2019
        Replying to @BorellAndreas @GidMK

        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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