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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker Mar 31

    Matt Ridley: Unlimited cheap energy would transform society. http://www.rationaloptimist.com/blog/nuclear-fusion/#.Wr_4DWGqh8I.twitter …

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      2. We Shall Overcome‏ @Tokyo_Tom Apr 1
        Replying to @sapinker

        What would transform society would be to get our Govts to stop chartering the limited liability #corporations whose owners are locally unaccountable, and play tag team with snowballing regulators in undermining/hampering economic opportunity+local self-governance. @mattwridley

        1 reply 2 retweets 5 likes
      3. We Shall Overcome‏ @Tokyo_Tom Apr 1
        Replying to @Tokyo_Tom @sapinker @mattwridley

        It would also help if our optimists wd do a little more studying of the work of Nobel laureate Elinor #Ostrom on the ability (+need) of ppl to successfully collaborate to solve shared problems, if not hamstrung by top-down Govt fiat or unaccountable actors.@ntaleb @jerry_jtaylor

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      1. Chris Colose‏ @CColose Apr 1
        Replying to @sapinker

        Teleportation would reduce C emissions from the transportation sector.

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      1. Nom de Guerre: Green Dealer‏ @PfefferleTim Apr 1
        Replying to @sapinker

        In other news, a lottery win would totally transform my account balance.

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      1. Mark W Tebbutt‏ @mwt2008 Apr 1
        Replying to @sapinker

        Oh I see so let’s keep burning fossil fuels while we wait for this technology to become reality if ever? That would be good for Matt’s & fossil fuel friends bank balance wouldn’t it?

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      1. Fabius Maximus (Ed.)‏ @FabiusMaximus01 Apr 1
        Replying to @sapinker

        This is a repeat of the dreams about nuclear power in the 1950s. Unlikely then, still unlikely now.pic.twitter.com/hhhYPQRQGO

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      2. Doug Prest‏ @douglasprest Apr 1
        Replying to @sapinker

        We already have unlimited cheap energy. It's called wind and solar! Done. Next issue... political will. #Renewables #SolarEnergy #WindEnergy #climate

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
      3.  🐏 Radical  ⚛️ Goats  🐏‏ @RadicalGoats Apr 1
        Replying to @douglasprest @sapinker

        LOL no it’s not. Look what renewables have done to the price of electricity in Germany and Australia, and what they’re doing in CA. Just because sunlight and wind happen most everywhere doesn’t mean they are cheap to capture, or reliable.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      4. Doug Prest‏ @douglasprest Apr 2
        Replying to @RadicalGoats @sapinker

        But then there are facts: Saudis building 200GW of #solar- for a reason. Recent bid price in a India: 2-3 cents / kWh. We need to implement existing technology, not waste money on ever more expensive nuclear US unsubsidized solar price now 6 cents / KWH:https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/09/solar-now-costs-6-per-kilowatt-hour-beating-government-goal-by-3-years/ …

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      5.  🐏 Radical  ⚛️ Goats  🐏‏ @RadicalGoats Apr 2
        Replying to @douglasprest @sapinker

        ...the Saudis are also building a couple of nuclear plants but let’s pretend that they’re not, right?

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      1. Noel Darlow‏ @noeldarlow Apr 1
        Replying to @sapinker

        I would have thought an academic would have more respect for the truth than to circulate empty rhetoric from an individual like Matt Ridley.

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      1. Dr Diederik Liebrand‏ @ClimateCycles Apr 1
        Replying to @sapinker

        What's the point of this tweet? Yes it would, but is not a reality...

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      1. Donald Cohen‏ @donaldrcohen12 Mar 31
        Replying to @sapinker @kevin_degood

        Wonder where we could get that. I'll have to look up in the daytime sky to ponder the question.

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      2. Ed Darrell‏ @EdDarrell Apr 1
        Replying to @sapinker

        Ed Darrell Retweeted Gavin Schmidt  👻 ✍🏿

        Energy must not foul our nest, too.https://twitter.com/climateofgavin/status/980418278177767424?s=21 …

        Ed Darrell added,

        Gavin Schmidt  👻 ✍🏿Verified account @ClimateOfGavin
        Irrational optimism is fantasizing over technology that doesn’t exist while downplaying real problems and the actual progress being made to tackle them. https://twitter.com/sapinker/status/980189675909509120 …
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      3.  🐏 Radical  ⚛️ Goats  🐏‏ @RadicalGoats Apr 1
        Replying to @EdDarrell @sapinker

        All forms of energy foul the nest in some way. Nuclear fouls the nest the least. The waste and physical footprints are much smaller than other generation methods.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      4. Ed Darrell‏ @EdDarrell Apr 1
        Replying to @RadicalGoats @sapinker

        Nuclear power might be among the cleanest. But it will require a commitment to safety and security, and clean air and water, to make that so. Radiation kills, and it kills more and more cruelly when we pretend it’s cleaner than it is.

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      5.  🐏 Radical  ⚛️ Goats  🐏‏ @RadicalGoats Apr 1
        Replying to @EdDarrell @sapinker

        Nuclear power is one of the safest generation methods we have, even factoring in Chernobyl and Fukushima.pic.twitter.com/bVdFHYxl0G

        2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      6.  🐏 Radical  ⚛️ Goats  🐏‏ @RadicalGoats Apr 1
        Replying to @RadicalGoats @EdDarrell @sapinker

        And if you think any amount of radiation whatsoever is bad for you, I have bad news about bananas, flying in an airplane, visiting Denver, or going outside.pic.twitter.com/amClzGOodI

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      7. Ed Darrell‏ @EdDarrell Apr 1
        Replying to @RadicalGoats @sapinker

        Radiation from nuclear power is substantially greater than that from beer. I spent a decade working to get compensation for thousands of Americans injured and killed by radiation “safe” by government decree, in Utah and in uranium mining and processing. Don’t be a schmuck.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      8.  🐏 Radical  ⚛️ Goats  🐏‏ @RadicalGoats Apr 1
        Replying to @EdDarrell @sapinker

        Way to put words in my mouth and then pull an ad hominem on me, dude. Bye.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      9. Ed Darrell‏ @EdDarrell Apr 1
        Replying to @RadicalGoats @sapinker

        You claimed I said something other than what I said, then accuse me of doing that to you. Wow. Question is whether we have the will to make nuclear power safe. Those who argue beer is more dangerous than nuclear power, lack the will.

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