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Re:Steep decline in nuclear power would threaten energy secu... by blackbrokkoli on Tuesday May 28, 2019 @01:33PM (#20032358)
Devastating! Chernobyl on the other hand is one of the most beautiful tourist locations to this day!

Really though, it baffles me how people can bring degrading postcard quality into a discussion with stakes of a few billion human lives with a straight face...

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Re:Steep decline in nuclear power would threaten energy secu... by bcatanzaro on Tuesday May 28, 2019 @01:42PM (#20032456)
People didn't care about the externalities of burning coal until we had scaled the technology.

The externalities of large scale solar PV are not just bad, they're impossible.

https://www.ted.com/talks/david_mackay_a_reality_check_on_re...

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