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34. So you think solar tech changed since the 80s but not nuclear technology?

Fri Feb 11, 2022, 07:59 AM

Feb 2022

Did you read the article?
Are you aware of the advances in nuclear power since the 80s?
Are you aware that the Chernobyl reactors were deemed unsafe for YEARS before that incident?
Are you aware that at the current time, we don't have anywhere NEAR the amount of minerals needed to make the amount of solar needed?
the list goes on.

But I guess we could just go deeper into coal

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Largest US public power company launches new nuclear program [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 2022 OP

Love it! (nt) Hugh_Lebowski Feb 2022 #1

No! Wrong direction! This could be the end of us. TeamProg Feb 2022 #2

This is truly worrisome........NC DENVERPOPS Feb 2022 #3

Nuclear is the only feasible way to achieve our power needs oldsoftie Feb 2022 #5

We COULD rely on wind and solar if the money was invested, but no, the powers that be want to TeamProg Feb 2022 #6

Money is only 1 issue. We simply don't have enough MATERIAL to make as much as needed. oldsoftie Feb 2022 #30

The areas the TVA serves is not conducive to reliable wind power generation. Calista241 Feb 2022 #41

Agree. hippywife Feb 2022 #7

Other countries seemed to have figured it out. former9thward Feb 2022 #20

Really? Have they? hippywife Feb 2022 #21

This is how France does it. former9thward Feb 2022 #24

Thank you. Newer technologies have made it even better. oldsoftie Feb 2022 #31

That's still not a solution. hippywife Feb 2022 #43

Here you go cinematicdiversions Feb 2022 #32

The waste really isn't such a large amount. LiberalArkie Feb 2022 #10

The problem is the small amount still has to be stored for Billions of years. Gore1FL Feb 2022 #18

No, its $20 a year. former9thward Feb 2022 #22

I bet they said the same thing burning coal and oil and wood while clearing woodlands. Gore1FL Feb 2022 #25

Other countries, such as France, deal with it just fine. former9thward Feb 2022 #26

Let's check back in a few 100,000 years. As I have stated may times on this sub thread, and thread Gore1FL Feb 2022 #27

We DID figure it out. We invented nuclear. oldsoftie Feb 2022 #33

We haven't quite figured out nuclear, though. Gore1FL Feb 2022 #39

Not billions, but a few hundred thousand years Polybius Feb 2022 #53

Modern Nuclear is by far the safest and most environmentally friendly choice. cinematicdiversions Feb 2022 #14

They said the same thing about "modern nuclear plants" in the '60's. TeamProg Feb 2022 #28

And how many died in the US from nuclear power accidents? None. oldsoftie Feb 2022 #40

Many U.S. Navy vessels are nuclear-powered dalton99a Feb 2022 #47

Excellent point. Totally forgot about them. oldsoftie Feb 2022 #60

Okay, I'll play. How many people have died from Solar, Geothermic or Wind power? TeamProg Feb 2022 #51

The same number. And comparing Chernobyl to anything in the US is ridiculous. oldsoftie Feb 2022 #56

Why? Source something. This has been in the works a long time. ancianita Feb 2022 #35

Fossil fuels will be the end of us if we don't quit them now. hunter Feb 2022 #38

Good! But 20+ years late. It truly is the ONLY way to get where we need to be oldsoftie Feb 2022 #4

NOOO. This is insane. There is no way to dispose of the waste. Jessus H people are you serious? Evolve Dammit Feb 2022 #8

Waste worries are the reason we stopped building reactors in the 70's NickB79 Feb 2022 #9

Totally disagree. Until there is a way to dispose of the waste, rad waste poses much greater risk Evolve Dammit Feb 2022 #11

We've entered the 6th mass extinction event due to carbon emissions NickB79 Feb 2022 #13

There seems to be no science behind your claims. NT cinematicdiversions Feb 2022 #16

The half life for Uranium is 4.5 Billion years. Gore1FL Feb 2022 #19

The half life of many dangerous fossil fuel wastes is FOREVER. hunter Feb 2022 #44

Fossile fules are not radioactive and thius do not have a half life. Gore1FL Feb 2022 #46

I used to be an anti-nuclear activist, and a fairly radical one at that. hunter Feb 2022 #54

The argument "we do dangerous things with other materials" isn't a strong one. Gore1FL Feb 2022 #55

No one ever researches the downside of solar & wind production. oldsoftie Feb 2022 #57

experience Evolve Dammit Feb 2022 #48

"experience' isn't science. Reality is. oldsoftie Feb 2022 #58

Reality is there is no safe way to handle and store long-term. I'm not going to argue this further. Evolve Dammit Feb 2022 #62

The company CEO says this system actually reduces nuclear waste. ancianita Feb 2022 #36

of course he does. Read Rachel Maddow's Blowout for a comprehensive look into energy history. Evolve Dammit Feb 2022 #49

I read it. Don't remember her focus on nuclear, just fossil conglomerates and global networks. ancianita Feb 2022 #50

I was referring to the sales pitches by all the execs including the nuclear detonation in CO. Evolve Dammit Feb 2022 #61

Newer generation nuclear power designs do not produce the quantity of waste Calista241 Feb 2022 #42

Imagine if we have a major Carrington event and we can't get power to keep spent fuel pools cool. roamer65 Feb 2022 #12

We could melt down every reactor on the planet and not see an ELE NickB79 Feb 2022 #15

I think we eventually find out. roamer65 Feb 2022 #17

From the way they are describing the reactors get are considering HariSeldon Feb 2022 #23

FUCK OFF!!! C Moon Feb 2022 #29

So you think solar tech changed since the 80s but not nuclear technology? oldsoftie Feb 2022 #34

I'm with you. They're worth trying. ancianita Feb 2022 #37

And this is why nothing significant to end climate change will get done. marie999 Feb 2022 #45

There you have it! oldsoftie Feb 2022 #59

Couldn't the nuke waste be launched into the Sun? n/t Yanicosco Feb 2022 #52

Would have it to get into space on rockets that occasionally don't want to make it up into space Sapient Donkey Feb 2022 #63