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Re:The U.S. wind industry now employs more than 100K people by adrianN on Sunday April 23, 2017 @03:33AM (#14176999)
Uranium has a much higher energy density, so you need fewer mines. The raw materials for renewable energy tech don't materialize from the ether either.
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Re:The U.S. wind industry now employs more than 100K people by TheOtherHobbes on Sunday April 23, 2017 @04:02AM (#14177078)
But they're vastly easier to source, and then reuse/recycle.

Also, there's that "Not laying waste to huge areas and making them uninhabitable" thing.

Nukes would be fine for a species that was capable of acting intelligently and responsibly over long periods.

Humans are not (yet) that species.

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