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Re:Extinction Rebellion: Nuclear power 'only option' says fo... by carlmr on Friday September 11, 2020 @05:14AM (#24440627)
>We should now be focusing renewables and, more cruicially, storage.

And don't forget reducing power usage. Corona has shown that we can drastically reduce the amount of commuters on the road and airplanes in the sky.

Re:Extinction Rebellion: Nuclear power 'only option' says fo... by shakermakr on Friday September 11, 2020 @05:22AM (#24440674)
And also reduced our basic freedom, our economies, and placed millions into poverty.

Covid isn’t a good example of a sustainable balancing of the environment over human activity.

Re:Extinction Rebellion: Nuclear power 'only option' says fo... by johnnyfaehell on Friday September 11, 2020 @05:28AM (#24440717)
To be fair, our lifestyles weren't sustainable in the first place. That's kind of the point.
Re:Extinction Rebellion: Nuclear power 'only option' says fo... by carlmr on Friday September 11, 2020 @05:31AM (#24440742)
Of course it would have an economic impact, but our economy has been unsustainable for a long time.
Re:Extinction Rebellion: Nuclear power 'only option' says fo... by read_if_gay_ on Friday September 11, 2020 @05:18AM (#24440653)
The lockdown is/was an extraordinarily shitty situation for a lot of people and is therefore not a permanent solution for climate change.
Re:Extinction Rebellion: Nuclear power 'only option' says fo... by nefitty on Friday September 11, 2020 @05:19AM (#24440658)
I understand that some climate change deniers may be motivated by their belief that the adaptations we would have to make to reverse it would negatively impact the economy. Interestingly enough, the those change that covid has forced have had devastating economic impacts.
Re:Extinction Rebellion: Nuclear power 'only option' says fo... by ben_w on Friday September 11, 2020 @05:20AM (#24440669)
I wouldn’t count on that. A lot of people are already brisling against the restrictions imposed in response to the pandemic despite the virus actually existing — I doubt they would be sustainable once this crisis has passed.