• afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world
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    Greenpeace: we should save the planet!

    Me: great, let’s build nuclear power so we can shut down fossile fuels

    Greenpeace: …No

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        And if we started building them a decade ago we would have them now. We need to start building them now, because it’s only gonna be worse in 10 years.

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            That is hilariously naive. The world is gonna keep turning either way. People aren’t just gonna suddenly all up and disappear. And the climate isn’t like a thing where you reach a certain point and you just give up. We can lessen how bad things will be. Making nuclear now is the right choice, so that in 10 years we can cut as many polluting forms of energy as we can.

            • Boomer Humor Doomergod@lemmy.world
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              I’d rather spend $10 billion on renewables that would start coming online almost immediately than lock that money up in a plant that won’t start recouping the carbon debt from its construction in a decade.

              • Aux@lemmy.worldBannedBanned from community
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                Renewables don’t work and produce too much waste.

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            Yet another reason to invest most resources into nuclear worldwide.

      • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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        Greenpeace advocated for this back in the 1970s and that’s why we have an enormous wind and solar industry today. The Greenpeace lobby was just too damned powerful.

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          The reason we didn’t build any reactors after the 1970s is a combination of nuclear disarmament and slow return on investment, not Greenpeace. If Greenpeace had that much power they would have been able to shut down the oil and gas industry, too.