JuneSim63 💚2d ago

Yes she's correct, but a closer reading shows her insistence that more investment in new nuclear is the way forward.
No Rachel, it isn't. It takes many years and is far more expensive than investing in solar, hydro, wind and battery storage, and is by no means 'clean'.

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Show threadHalVmaN2d ago

@junesim63
Renewables alone will not be enough and their ability to produce power is not constant, so there needs to be something providing gigawats of energy when one or if not all of them aren't producing it.

Sadly we'll need both, right now and long into the future.
Yes toxic waste is an huge issue but a far more controlled one than climate change.

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@PaavoAM

How long does it take to commission and build a nuclear reactor? We haven't the time to wait.

Mar 30 at 9:39amWeb
Show threadHalVmaN2d ago

@junesim63 Yes time is running out and that's the reason we need nuclear energy too. Yes it takes time but so does renewables and the infrastructure for reserving the energy and delivering it to households and industry.

With renewables alone there's a big problem with the scale needed to rely only on them. Our priority should be cutting out fossil fuels not the how's of getting there