China to supercharge uranium race with 150 new nuclear reactors

Re:China to supercharge uranium race with 150 new nuclear re... by godelski on Monday November 08, 2021 @02:06PM (#29152940)

> The US is influential, for better or worse; I think many people rightfully expect the US to be a leader on climate policy.

This is the root of my problem. Yeah, the US _should_ be the leader on climate policy. But we've been failing for the last 20 years. At what point are we going to acknowledge that someone else needs to pick up the mantel. And as you've mentioned, it isn't like China is going to do it (you can shift my comment to China + US and the sentiment will hold true, but maybe I conveyed my thoughts poorly. Communication is difficult, especially over heated topics).

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Re:China to supercharge uranium race with 150 new nuclear re... by cmckn on Monday November 08, 2021 @02:55PM (#29153462)

I totally agree that China isn’t going to step up on climate. I don’t think there is another power able to drive international consensus like the US on this issue. Whether that’s a blessing or a curse is mostly a matter of perspective :)

I genuinely believe that we can change course on climate policy, but it won’t happen in one or two national elections. Electing people who care about sustainability at every level of government is necessary for big changes to happen federally and internationally. We’ve got a lot of work to do!

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Re:China to supercharge uranium race with 150 new nuclear re... by philwelch on Monday November 08, 2021 @04:39PM (#29154612)

> Yeah, the US _should_ be the leader on climate policy. But we've been failing for the last 20 years. At what point are we going to acknowledge that someone else needs to pick up the mantel.

If nobody has, then everyone has been failing, not just us. So the US might as well do the right thing "after we've tried everything else", as Churchill didn't actually say.

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