Re:Nuclear power looks to regain its footing 10 years after ...
by godelski on Thursday March 11, 2021 @04:21PM
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> not wipe an entire city burning everybody alive, and don't create billionary debt in the process for everybody and for decades.
Like chlorine gas? Land mines? Phosphorous weapons? Sarin?
Re:Nuclear power looks to regain its footing 10 years after ...
by pvaldes on Friday March 12, 2021 @06:34AM
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Yes, like chlorine gas, land mines, phosphorus weapons, sarin and tigers. You got it. Exactly like those. Those things are dangerous.
And this is why everybody thinks that planning to build a net of small containers of chlorine gas or sarin in every neighborhood, or having phosphorus weapons and land mines at our backyards and in our children's room, would be an incredibly stupid idea.
> unlike fertilizers
Yes, we all know that there are lots of things that can kill lots of humans, we could add cars, or fast food to the list. The difference is that hamburguers only explode in your arteries, not wipe an entire city burning everybody alive, and don't create billionary debt in the process for everybody and for decades.
So, can we forget whataboutism and keep moving on?
Banning all fire or all fertilizers is out of the discussion (we could make exceptions for arsonists or bomb makers, but this is not a problem). We can't do it without killing half of the human population by hunger or freezing and would not solve anything.