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    Neil deGrasse Tyson‏Verified account @neiltyson 20 Oct 2012

    If you are pro-solar power, try not to hold up signs that say "No Nukes" because that's exactly how the Sun makes its energy.

    11:29 AM - 20 Oct 2012
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      2. Pavan Srinath‏ @zeusisdead 21 Oct 2012
        Replying to @neiltyson

        RT @neiltyson: If you are pro-solar power, try not to hold up signs that say "No Nukes" because that's exactly how the Sun makes its energy.

        4 replies 19 retweets 3 likes
      3. Bruno Mascarenhas‏ @spinesurgeon 21 Oct 2012
        Replying to @zeusisdead

        @zeusisdead @neiltyson sun energy is nuclear fusion . . nuclear plants is fission . . both are vastly different . . please read school books

        3 replies 3 retweets 0 likes
      4. Akhilesh Mishra‏Verified account @amishra77 21 Oct 2012
        Replying to @spinesurgeon

        @spinesurgeon hahaha. Good one. and this guy is Astrophysicist !! @zeusisdead @neiltyson

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      5. Bruno Mascarenhas‏ @spinesurgeon 21 Oct 2012
        Replying to @amishra77

        @amishra77 thanks sir :-)

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      2. Lars Pellinat‏ @Lars9596 18 Apr 2013
        Replying to @neiltyson

        If you are pro-solar power, try not to hold up signs that say "No Nukes" because that's exactly how the Sun makes its energy. RT @neiltyson

        1 reply 2 retweets 2 likes
      3. Beate‏ @temporaryhermit 18 Apr 2013
        Replying to @Lars9596

        @Lars9596 @neiltyson Just that the sun does so at a rather safe distance ...and probably burns its own waste...

        2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
      4. Lars Pellinat‏ @Lars9596 18 Apr 2013
        Replying to @temporaryhermit

        @temporaryhermit @neiltyson And it may have been around before the first "No Nukes" signs appeared. ; )

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      5. Beate‏ @temporaryhermit 18 Apr 2013
        Replying to @Lars9596

        @Lars9596 @neiltyson Also, it probably can't read. ;)

        0 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
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      1. Andrew Thaler‏ @andrew_thaler 11 Feb 2017
        Replying to @neiltyson @SuzanneWaldman

        Coal is renewable Energy too... every 300million years give or take a Tuesday.

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      2. Tony Haile‏Verified account @arctictony 20 Oct 2012
        Replying to @neiltyson

        @neiltyson Would 'no fission' signs be acceptable?

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      2. Seth Grimes‏ @SethGrimes 20 Oct 2012
        Replying to @neiltyson

        @neiltyson The sun runs on fusion, not on fission, the process used in nuclear power plants. You should know better. @jasonbaldridge

        3 replies 1 retweet 4 likes
      3. Simon Thompson‏ @sgt101 20 Oct 2012
        Replying to @SethGrimes

        @SethGrimes @neiltyson @jasonbaldridge My cation about "Nukes" is mostly to do with the ones on the tips of missiles; I am pro solar power!

        2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      4. Seth Grimes‏ @SethGrimes 21 Oct 2012
        Replying to @sgt101

        @sgt101 Right. The dishonesty in @neiltyson's tweet was pretending that "nukes" means other than weapons & fission plants. @jasonbaldridge

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      5. Jason Baldridge‏ @jasonbaldridge 21 Oct 2012
        Replying to @SethGrimes

        @SethGrimes @sgt101 @neiltyson I took it as a cheeky joke, not a serious comment on nuclear power or weapons...

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      6. Seth Grimes‏ @SethGrimes 21 Oct 2012
        Replying to @jasonbaldridge

        @jasonbaldridge Certainly the guy knows the difference, so I'd call it a cheap shot rather than a joke, irresponsible of a scientist.

        2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
      7. Jason Baldridge‏ @jasonbaldridge 21 Oct 2012
        Replying to @SethGrimes

        @SethGrimes Perhaps. I guess my prior for tweets being irreverent but good natured jokes has been influenced by tweets from @jamesiry.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      8. James Iry‏ @jamesiry 21 Oct 2012
        Replying to @jasonbaldridge

        @sethgrimes besides which you're wrong. Hydrogen fission bombs are also called "nukes." @jasonbaldridge

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      9. Seth Grimes‏ @SethGrimes 21 Oct 2012
        Replying to @jamesiry

        @jamesiry No. I carefully wrote that "nukes" means "weapons & fission plants." I didn't write "fission weapons & plants." @jasonbaldridge

        2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      2. Paul Carroll‏ @carrollpm 21 Apr 2017
        Replying to @neiltyson

        I'm ok with a fusion nuclear reactor that's 93 million miles away. But not on Earth thank you

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      3. Mathijs Beckers‏ @thiesbeckers 23 Apr 2017
        Replying to @carrollpm @neiltyson

        What if I told you we need nuclear energy to help defeat climate change, would you accept nuclear as part of the solution?

        1 reply 3 retweets 3 likes
      4. Paul Carroll‏ @carrollpm 23 Apr 2017
        Replying to @thiesbeckers @neiltyson

        My understanding is there's a healthy debate about this. I'm not convinced that nuclear is a must. Conservation, new sources, etc enough

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      5. Mathijs Beckers‏ @thiesbeckers 23 Apr 2017
        Replying to @carrollpm @neiltyson

        It's a mathematical reality.pic.twitter.com/LGowoq4t2S

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
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