Re:Nuclear power may be the key to least-cost, zero-emission...
by bipson on Tuesday February 15, 2022 @06:20AM
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Hm, no, I don't think that's ad hominem.
I didn't say nuclear does generate CO2. I said it produces waste, and that I have a definition of renewable that does not include nuclear.
You first shifted the goalposts and said it is "green" (what is "green"?? who defines "green"?), citing sources.
I discredited the sources, since it these are just announcements, made by (political) institutions, where politicians lobby for a re-labeling of certain energy sources, because it suits their agenda.
None of this makes nuclear "renewable" in my book.
IMO the world renewable implies something in the line of "self-regenerating"/"grows naturally"/"replenishes" and producing toxic waste in my world-view is orthogonal to that meaning.
And don't try to explain that nuclear waste is non-toxic, I think my interest in discussing this really ends there.
I didn't say nuclear does generate CO2. I said it produces waste, and that I have a definition of renewable that does not include nuclear.
You first shifted the goalposts and said it is "green" (what is "green"?? who defines "green"?), citing sources. I discredited the sources, since it these are just announcements, made by (political) institutions, where politicians lobby for a re-labeling of certain energy sources, because it suits their agenda.
None of this makes nuclear "renewable" in my book.
IMO the world renewable implies something in the line of "self-regenerating"/"grows naturally"/"replenishes" and producing toxic waste in my world-view is orthogonal to that meaning.
And don't try to explain that nuclear waste is non-toxic, I think my interest in discussing this really ends there.