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Re:Ultra Safe Nuclear by Udik on Thursday September 17, 2020 @06:30PM (#24510768)
Just ask people if they think climate change is an existential threat. If they answer yes (as will most people who are opposed to nuclear energy) then ask them if they think nuclear energy is an existential threat too or just extremely dangerous.

If the answer is "just extremely dangerous" then the choice is simple. Actually, I can't understand why all those who are predicting doomsday scenarios because of climate change aren't storming the streets with big pro-nuclear energy signs.

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Re:Ultra Safe Nuclear by orthecreedence on Friday September 18, 2020 @12:06AM (#24512889)
> Actually, I can't understand why all those who are predicting doomsday scenarios because of climate change aren't storming the streets with big pro-nuclear energy signs.

Agreed. Without being a primitivist, I don't think you can be both pro-environment and anti-nuclear at this point. Solar and wind just don't have the output to keep up with industry. If we're fine living in mud huts and it taking 6 months to produce a laptop, then fine (and honestly that might be the place we end up in 100 years). But as it is, solar and wind cannot sustain our current economy.

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