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Re:Plastic-eating enzyme could eliminate billions of tons of... by derriz on Wednesday May 18, 2022 @08:10PM (#31429163)
This is a striking example of what I've observed in many places which has often made me wonder why the intersection between nuclear advocacy and some form of climate change denialism is so large? The inconsistency is odd: "I passionately believe we should be using nuclear power to solve a problem I don't actually believe is a problem".
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Re:Plastic-eating enzyme could eliminate billions of tons of... by boc on Wednesday May 18, 2022 @08:24PM (#31429238)
Eh it's probably just a version of "owning the libs". By and large the leftist environmentalists and "tree huggers" are anti-nuclear, so you basically annoy them in two different ways.
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Re:Plastic-eating enzyme could eliminate billions of tons of... by ipaddr on Wednesday May 18, 2022 @11:14PM (#31430258)
People believe if you truly care about reducing CO2 not using nuclear means you will not be able to move off of fossil fuels until we are well past too late.

It's the flaw that makes reducing global warming a talking point vs an actionable item. It's a big elephant in the room.

Until that gets resolved many will think some are spinning your wheels.

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