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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker Sep 25

    If California wants to go carbon-free, it needs to end its nuclear moratoriumhttp://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-nordhaus-mcbride-end-nuclear-moratorium-20180924-story.html …

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      2. johnpdeever‏ @johnpdeever Sep 25
        Replying to @sapinker

        No way. Nuclear isn’t remotely carbon free when you count construction mining and decommission, and it’s dirty, dangerous, and more expensive than ever. Love you and your books but you aren’t right on this. No nukes, no coal—no kidding! https://www.nirs.org/wp-content/uploads/factsheets/nonukesnocoalnonkidding.pdf …

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      3. Anthony‏ @trippinlikegod Sep 25
        Replying to @johnpdeever @sapinker

        Nothing is carbon free when you count construction, mining, etc. There's nothing dirty about nuclear plants either. Warm water and steam comes out of them unlike belching smokestacks. They certainly aren't worse "than ever" either. Tech improves generally yes?

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      2. Melting Mermaid‏ @charlamanesbane Sep 25
        Replying to @sapinker @JustPhilD

        Nuclear is not carbon free. That's a lie

        2 replies 1 retweet 4 likes
      3. Anthony‏ @trippinlikegod Sep 25
        Replying to @charlamanesbane @sapinker @JustPhilD

        Then neither is solar or wind. You need to mine and produce before you can harvest. The actual operation of a nuclear plant is a carbon free endeavor. The plant emits steam and water not smoke.

        3 replies 0 retweets 7 likes
      4. Melting Mermaid‏ @charlamanesbane Sep 25
        Replying to @trippinlikegod @sapinker @JustPhilD

        And radiation. Nuclear privitizes the profit and socializes the pollution and the risk.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      5. Michael Nadolsky‏ @RevrseSolipsist Sep 25
        Replying to @charlamanesbane @trippinlikegod and

        Nuclear power panic: The Leftist version of global warming denial.

        0 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
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      2. Nicole delle Karth‏ @NdKtweets Sep 25
        Replying to @sapinker

        Well, haven‘t you got sunshine in sunny California? #solarEnergy

        3 replies 0 retweets 5 likes
      3. Scott Ferguson‏ @scottferg20 Sep 25
        Replying to @NdKtweets @sapinker

        We have massive amounts of energy just waiting to be harvested from #offshorewind too.

        0 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
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      2. Andy Burke‏ @andybrk Sep 25
        Replying to @sapinker

        Why, when solar is dropping so quickly in price/MW and has so many fewer risks and regulatory requirements?

        2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      3. Agene Roflmao‏ @Agene_R Sep 25
        Replying to @andybrk @sapinker

        Because regulatory risk for nuclear is a product of unfounded fears, solar baseload is ridiculously expensive, and if climate is really a crisis then all options should be on the table.

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      2. Meesto‏ @Sto_ology Sep 25
        Replying to @sapinker

        Okay Steven as long as you agree to have all the radioactive wastes buried in your back yard-still gung-ho?We (USA) met unthinkable factory output that help defeat Nazi's,put men on the moon- So I think we can make big transition to clean energy without dirty & dangerous Nuclear!

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
      3. EigenEagle‏ @EigenEagle Sep 25
        Replying to @Sto_ology @sapinker

        The laws of thermodynamics aren't going to care how strong anyone's will is. Renewable energy grows entirely to slowly to be of any use. We need lots of new nuclear power, period.

        2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      4. Paul Baclace‏ @baclace Sep 25
        Replying to @EigenEagle @Sto_ology @sapinker

        I don't see how "laws of thermodynamics" are against solar and wind. Without the sun, Earth would be an ice ball. There is no need to pay anyone for those terawatts, just collect it where you can. (Nuclear is probably necessary for no-sun, no-wind areas.)

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      5. Paul Baclace‏ @baclace Sep 25
        Replying to @baclace @EigenEagle and

        About rate of build-out: let the race begin, and we will see what can be built faster.

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      1. Lars Christoffersen‏ @lars_ole Sep 25
        Replying to @sapinker

        Because solar (and wind) is too cheap or what? Either you live in a bubble or you are paid by the nuclear industry. Nuclear is the only technology that’s getting more and more expensive and most projects are financially out of control!

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      1. Aaron Muentz‏ @theoldprobeguy Sep 25
        Replying to @sapinker

        The determined scientific ignorance of people who fear nuclear power is just as infuriating as global warming deniers.

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      1. J‏ @JeromeDavies1 Sep 25
        Replying to @sapinker

        California is a perfect place for geothermal.

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      2. Malcolm McMahon‏ @FulfordMalcolm Sep 25
        Replying to @sapinker

        It may pay in the long term because there are new nuclear technologies on the horizon which may be worth waiting for. TWR, Thorium. Of course we’ll be buying them from the Chinese. Our nuclear industry is much to conservative to develop them

        1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
      3. Michael Nadolsky‏ @RevrseSolipsist Sep 25
        Replying to @FulfordMalcolm @sapinker

        it will pay off even without new technologies. Nuclear has been extremely clean and extremely effective for a long time.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      4. Malcolm McMahon‏ @FulfordMalcolm Sep 26
        Replying to @RevrseSolipsist @sapinker

        Still no really convincing solution to the waste issue though. The TWR burns waste.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      5. Michael Nadolsky‏ @RevrseSolipsist Sep 29
        Replying to @FulfordMalcolm @sapinker

        There is no "waste issue." It's a scare tactic. There is waste, we take care of it. Although, of course, I appreciate potential technologies to improve that process or recycle spent fuel.

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