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In reply to the discussion: BURGUM: When the sun goes down, solar produces zero electricity HUFFMAN: I want to enter into the record this amazing [View all]NNadir
(38,527 posts)Since 1985 about 280 million human lives have been lost to air pollution. These deaths were not instaneous either. It costs vast sums of money to meducally treat the terminally ill.
I'm sure the massive droughts arising from climate collapse are inexpensive, and now that Kansas has strip mined the Ogallala aquifer will be inexpensive too.
I'm willing to pay for clean energy of which there is one, and only one, form, nuclear energy. I consider this my responsibility to future generations.
I do understand that there are people who have no interest in the future of humanity or the planet, cheapskates in my view, not the kind of people I admire or like, but otherwise I'm quite happy.
The Wolf Creek nuclear generating station is licensed through 2045, and will be saving human lives from air pollution for another 19 years if not shut by appeals to fear and ignorance. It provides 20% of Kansas electricity without contributing to the collapse of the planetary atmosphere.
If I lived in Kansas, I would regard the reactor as a valuable resource, a gift from an earlier generation to the current generation.
By the way, fossil fuel based electricity, besides killing people in normal operations is about to get very expensive internally as well as externally.
Have a nice day.