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[-] Zagorath@aussie.zone 6 points 5 months ago

Nuclear doesn’t mean anti-renewable, both can exist.

Not easily, for the reasons explained in my reply to @Frokke@lemmings.world.

The people who I talk to who are pro nuclear seem very well informed

I doubt it, because the science itself is against nuclear. Evidence says it would be too expensive and take too long to deliver compared to renewables.

[-] Thorry84@feddit.nl 12 points 5 months ago

Very well, let's agree to disagree. Perhaps I am wrong. But I am in no way right wing or spreading misinformation.

The people I've spoken who work in the nuclear field bitch about unneeded red tape all the time. Some of it is important for sure, but a lot of it can be cut if we wanted to without safety becoming an issue. The price of nuclear has gone way up the past 20 years, whilst the knowledge and tools have become better. This makes no sense to me. We should be able to build them cheaper and faster, not slower and more expensive. And there are countries in the world, that can get it done cheaper, so why can't we?

I'm all for renewables, I have solar panels. But I'm not 100% convinced we have grid storage figured out. And in the meanwhile we keep burning fossils in huge amounts. If we can have something that produces energy, without fucking up the atmosphere, even at a price that's more expensive than other sources (within reason) I'm all for that. Because with the price of energy from coal, the money for fixing the atmosphere isn't included.

Thank you for answering in a respectful manner.

[-] ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 8 points 5 months ago

We should be able to build them cheaper and faster, not slower and more expensive. And there are countries in the world, that can get it done cheaper, so why can't we?

It's because we stopped building them. We have academic knowledge on how to do it but not the practical/technical know-how. A few countries do it because they're doing a ton of reactors, but those don't come cheap either.

[-] someacnt_@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

Idk, maybe SMR or sth improve the red tape thing

[-] Frokke@lemmings.world 4 points 5 months ago

So THE worst case scenario for nuclear only puts it at 6× the cost of renewables? That's not really the argument you think it is.....

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