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Re:The University of California has all but dropped carbon o... by Teever on Thursday November 30, 2023 @11:17AM (#38475313)
Except it doesn't work for the 20 years that it takes to build a nuclear power plant.
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Re:The University of California has all but dropped carbon o... by agent327 on Thursday November 30, 2023 @11:39AM (#38475599)
Oh, is it 20 now? Strange that the US does so much worse than the global average, which is 6-8 years. Is it a competency issue, you think?
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Re:The University of California has all but dropped carbon o... by jonhohle on Thursday November 30, 2023 @11:55AM (#38475805)
It amazes me how we could do things so quickly in the past (e.g. build a nuclear power plant, get to the moon). Shippingport was built in 4 years.
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Re:The University of California has all but dropped carbon o... by sickofparadox on Thursday November 30, 2023 @11:29AM (#38475465)
Skill issue - overcome after we build a few and streamline the onerous permitting process.
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Re:The University of California has all but dropped carbon o... by Teever on Thursday November 30, 2023 @11:33AM (#38475518)
That will still take at least 20 years.
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Re:The University of California has all but dropped carbon o... by sickofparadox on Thursday November 30, 2023 @11:36AM (#38475553)
"A society grows great when old men plant trees in whose shade they shall never sit." Long term investment into the future is a good thing.
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Re:The University of California has all but dropped carbon o... by Teever on Thursday November 30, 2023 @01:53PM (#38477458)
I agree with that sentiment but do we have 20 years to spend waiting to stave off climate change?
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Re:The University of California has all but dropped carbon o... by sickofparadox on Thursday November 30, 2023 @05:26PM (#38480061)
I'm not saying to only build nuclear, but it'll certainly help us out down the line, and not building it is almost certainly far worse than the potential of it being slow to build.
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