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Reply to NNadir (Reply #20)

Tue Jun 29, 2021, 09:03 AM

Jun 2021

The giant subsidy to the gas/coal/wind/solar industry

You omitted MASSIVE nuclear subsidies.

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USA needs nuclear to achieve net zero, says US Energy Secretary Granholm [View all] NNadir Jun 2021 OP

Sorry, Jennifer. roamer65 Jun 2021 #1

I wonder if they'll understand weeks of temperatures over 100F. NNadir Jun 2021 #3

+1000! Nt USALiberal Jun 2021 #30

That's exactly right. BlueLucy Jun 2021 #41

Good! Music Man Jun 2021 #2

Never mind Chernobyl, Fukushima Dai'ichi and Three Mile Island, eh? roamer65 Jun 2021 #4

Go look up how many people died in each of those accidents. Music Man Jun 2021 #5

Never mind the 70 million people who died from air pollution since Fukushima while... NNadir Jun 2021 #13

If I was big oil nuke energy would be the enemy. I would put good money on it they're behind ... uponit7771 Jun 2021 #16

+1 Klaralven Jun 2021 #21

It's obvious you have done research on this! Nt USALiberal Jun 2021 #31

There is a huge problem with solar panels jmowreader Jul 2021 #73

I totally agree. GulfCoast66 Jun 2021 #6

I don't support wind and solar, but I'll take what I can. NNadir Jun 2021 #7

Why against wind and solar? Nt USALiberal Jun 2021 #32

The short life span, the destruction of pristine wilderness, the entrenchment of dangerous... NNadir Jun 2021 #56

I support all three. Happy Hoosier Jun 2021 #54

Modern designs like the "modular" reactor, are nothing like reactors of old. PSPS Jun 2021 #8

Nevertheless, the "old" reactors, built on 1950's through 1970's technology... NNadir Jun 2021 #9

K&R, its 2021 forget curing cancer if we can't make nuclear safe. 40 years ago maybe things were uponit7771 Jun 2021 #10

It is unrealistic to demand that they be "safer." NNadir Jun 2021 #11

Safer doesn't have to be less volatile. They can be standardized, modular, smaller while giving out uponit7771 Jun 2021 #12

I'm not sure that I agree with "standardization." NNadir Jun 2021 #18

Standardization to bring down price per GWH which is reason we don't have a higher portion of ... uponit7771 Jun 2021 #34

The capital cost of nuclear plants represent a gift to future generations. NNadir Jun 2021 #35

The capital cost of nuclear plants represent a gift to future generations. NNadir Jun 2021 #36

Except WHITT Jun 2021 #14

The waste is now recyclable and nuke power is RELATIVELY carbon free. 40 years ago safety was uponit7771 Jun 2021 #15

Nope WHITT Jun 2021 #17

IPCC disagrees ... Hugh_Lebowski Jun 2021 #19

But WHITT Jun 2021 #37

Full lifecycle it's the lowest there is ... Hugh_Lebowski Jun 2021 #45

They're Undercounting WHITT Jun 2021 #60

Says you ... Hugh_Lebowski Jun 2021 #63

I Just Laid It Out For You WHITT Jun 2021 #66

That's what I thought ... you have words but you don't have statistics Hugh_Lebowski Jun 2021 #68

You make it sound like the total amount of carbon put out as about the same. StevieM Jun 2021 #46

Lol, nice try!?nt USALiberal Jun 2021 #51

Jobs, Jobs, Jobs. DiamondShark Jun 2021 #58

Actually WHITT Jun 2021 #61

This message was self-deleted by its author DiamondShark Jul 2021 #72

Neither of those are fact based, I think its "hype" to have mRNA vaccines but they work and cancer uponit7771 Jun 2021 #25

You do realize, don't you that there are literally thousands of papers... NNadir Jun 2021 #28

Nuclear energy Elessar Zappa Jun 2021 #29

You are obviously uninformed on this! Nt USALiberal Jun 2021 #33

Actually, the most expensive form of energy is dangerous fossil fuels, by orders of magnitude. NNadir Jun 2021 #20

+1, "climate change is very, very, very expensive..." uponit7771 Jun 2021 #27

Oops WHITT Jun 2021 #39

Comparable to what? NNadir Jun 2021 #42

The Average Cost WHITT Jun 2021 #62

Where's your proof? Everyone supposed to just 'take your word'? nt Hugh_Lebowski Jun 2021 #65

Eh WHITT Jun 2021 #67

I always say, if one doesn't know what one is talking about, make stuff up. NNadir Jun 2021 #71

Nuclear cost John ONeill Jun 2021 #38

Let's get going with it then. K and R. oasis Jun 2021 #22

First we have to rebuild some steel mills that can forge the components Klaralven Jun 2021 #23

It wouldn't bother me if they were made in South Korea. hunter Jun 2021 #53

Gen IV molten salt reactors should at the very least be a part of the discussion. retread Jun 2021 #24

So glad she said it. Elessar Zappa Jun 2021 #26

We have been ten years away from a working fusion reactor edhopper Jun 2021 #40

The human race has worked itself into a corner... hunter Jun 2021 #43

Why, thank you... NNadir Jun 2021 #59

"Yes, but..." PETRUS Jun 2021 #44

The environmental superiority of nuclear energy is independent... NNadir Jun 2021 #47

I agree. harumph Jun 2021 #49

You have correctly touched on nuclear energy's most important drawback. NNadir Jun 2021 #57

Your ideas about the environmental superiority of nuclear power Ron Green Jun 2021 #50

Not a band-aid. More like first aid for a sucking chest wound. hunter Jun 2021 #70

Wouldn't replacing coal plants with nuclear plants be part of that "growth?" hunter Jun 2021 #52

Those are sensible thoughts and questions! PETRUS Jun 2021 #55

My uncle worked on some of the early Westinghouse reactors. harumph Jun 2021 #48

Agree. jeffreyi Jun 2021 #64

I highly recommend Bill Gates new book WarGamer Jun 2021 #69