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[–] [email protected] 30 points 2 days ago (20 children)

It's fine if you like nuclear, just don't try and claim it was one time. It poses serious risk and should be treated as such.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Look up deaths per kWHr of different energy sources and come back to me

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It has that low death rate precisely because it is heavily regulated.

The typical nuclear booster argument works on the following circular logic:

"Nuclear is perfectly safe."

"But that's not the problem with nuclear. The problem with nuclear is its too expensive."

"Nuclear is expensive because it's overly regulated!"

"But nuclear is only safe because of those heavy regulations!"

"We would have everything powered by nuclear by now if it weren't for Greenpeace."

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

This exactly. But they keep shilling nuclear power regardless. Super silly tribalism.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

That's not my point and I'm already aware.

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