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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 21 Dec 2016

    A Dem and a Repub agree on something! And they're both right: To Slow Global Warming, We Need Nuclear Powerhttp://nyti.ms/2igWm2e 

    9:32 PM - 21 Dec 2016
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      1. Rick G. Rosner‏Verified account @dumbassgenius 21 Dec 2016
        Replying to @sapinker

        But be sure to pick the most ominous-looking reactor photo, @nytimes

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      2. Red Black Ties‏ @redblackties 21 Dec 2016
        Replying to @sapinker

        I don't take GW alarmists seriously if they refuse to consider nuclear power.

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      3. Neonomide‏ @Neonomide 24 Dec 2016
        Replying to @redblackties @sapinker

        You nailed it. Too many people do not care unless all mitigation options are on the table.

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      1. Carbon Tax Center‏ @carbontaxcenter 23 Dec 2016
        Replying to @sapinker

        .@sapinker If @SenAlexander wants to keep reactors afloat he shd back #carbontax. His co-author @SenWhitehouse does: https://www.carbontax.org/bills/ 

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      1. SethTheFrank‏ @FranklySethB 21 Dec 2016
        Replying to @sapinker @nytimes

        surprised they didn't discuss specific new nuclear options like molten salt. Lots of good possibilities

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      2. abraham elterman‏ @aelterman 21 Dec 2016
        Replying to @sapinker @nytimes

        Too much time wasted

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      3. Neonomide‏ @Neonomide 24 Dec 2016
        Replying to @aelterman @sapinker @nytimes

        Excuse me? Nuclear has been the fastest by far.pic.twitter.com/GOry4H5pgH

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      4. abraham elterman‏ @aelterman 24 Dec 2016
        Replying to @Neonomide @sapinker @nytimes

        But we could have been much further along...

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      2. AukeHoekstra‏ @AukeHoekstra 22 Dec 2016
        Replying to @sapinker

        .@sapinker @nytimes Steven, you know a lot about violence but your info on energy is outdated. Wind and solar are cheaper and more abundant.

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      1. Greg Sauer‏ @gljsauer 22 Dec 2016
        Replying to @sapinker

        @EasterbrookG @nytimes - smart people know this

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      2. I'm always angry‏ @Grizzly_Stats 21 Dec 2016
        Replying to @sapinker

        Nuclear power is not economical.http://qz.com/94817/the-real-reason-to-fight-nuclear-power-has-nothing-to-do-with-health-risks/ …

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      3. Neonomide‏ @Neonomide 24 Dec 2016
        Replying to @Grizzly_Stats @sapinker @qz

        Who cares, since it's the only tech fast enough to stop climate change?

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      4. I'm always angry‏ @Grizzly_Stats 24 Dec 2016
        Replying to @Neonomide @sapinker @qz

        4. Building nukes locks in an obselete economic model that becomes an obstacle to sustainable energy development

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      5. Neonomide‏ @Neonomide 24 Dec 2016
        Replying to @Grizzly_Stats @sapinker @qz

        Sure, whatever. Yet where are the results then? Germany, the poster boy of renewables revolution, has failed.pic.twitter.com/UybRC5zsow

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      6. I'm always angry‏ @Grizzly_Stats 25 Dec 2016
        Replying to @Neonomide @sapinker @qz

        Pure derp. Germany massively increased RE power w just a few fiddly tarifs. But real investment is needed.

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      7. Neonomide‏ @Neonomide 25 Dec 2016
        Replying to @Grizzly_Stats @sapinker @qz

        I kinda get that some uneconomical nukes may be best left to die, but killing the most or all is pure lunacy.

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      8. I'm always angry‏ @Grizzly_Stats 26 Dec 2016
        Replying to @Neonomide @sapinker @qz

        huge difference between killing existing nukes (bad idea) and installing new solar instead of new nukes (better)

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      9. Neonomide‏ @Neonomide 26 Dec 2016
        Replying to @Grizzly_Stats @sapinker @qz

        I'll gladly agree once new solar decarbonizes as well and fast as nuclear did during 70s to late 80s.pic.twitter.com/0xfOJDNFo4

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      2. Mathios Meridius‏ @malo_j 21 Dec 2016
        Replying to @sapinker

        @andyrosebrook What? Solar and fusion are the best ways by far.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      3. Jordan Amdahl‏ @jrdnmdhl 21 Dec 2016
        Replying to @malo_j @sapinker @andyrosebrook

        Solar power is the only kind of fusion power even remotely viable in near or medium term.

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
      4. Mathios Meridius‏ @malo_j 24 Dec 2016
        Replying to @jrdnmdhl @sapinker @andyrosebrook

        What are you talking about? Like 4x countries are making fusion reactor prototypes

        2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      5. Jordan Amdahl‏ @jrdnmdhl 24 Dec 2016
        Replying to @malo_j @sapinker @andyrosebrook

        Right, so we've made rel progress towards developing prototypes. That puts us a couple decades from viable

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      6. Mathios Meridius‏ @malo_j 24 Dec 2016
        Replying to @jrdnmdhl @sapinker @andyrosebrook

        Not really. Clealry you've not kept up with current fusion technology. Research it then get back to me.

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      7. Jordan Amdahl‏ @jrdnmdhl 25 Dec 2016
        Replying to @malo_j @sapinker @andyrosebrook

        Did more searching, found nothing to indicate that we will have large scale fusion power within 20 years.

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      8. Mathios Meridius‏ @malo_j 25 Dec 2016
        Replying to @jrdnmdhl @sapinker @andyrosebrook

        And what are you basing that timescale on exactly?

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      9. Jordan Amdahl‏ @jrdnmdhl 25 Dec 2016
        Replying to @malo_j @sapinker @andyrosebrook

        You've got burden of proof backward. Show me evidence we are closer.

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