• @[email protected]
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    -1510 months ago

    Both sound terrible.

    I don’t really want to pick the lessor of two evils when it comes to the energy.

    • @[email protected]
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      1810 months ago

      By not picking, you are picking fossil fuels. Because we can’t fully replace everything with solar/wind yet, and fossil fuels are already being burned as we speak.

      • @[email protected]
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        010 months ago

        No, give me an option that doesn’t make a part of the world uninhabitable or increases climate change.

        That just a stupid comparison and is there any reason why we can’t also do wind solar thermal hydro also? It’s fossil fuels or nuclear and that’s it?

      • @[email protected]
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        -510 months ago

        No, give me an option that doesn’t make a part of the world uninhabitable or increases climate change.

        That just a stupid comparison and is there any reason why we can’t also do wind solar thermal hydro also? It’s fossil fuels or nuclear and that’s it huh?

        • @[email protected]
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          510 months ago

          I never said we can’t do also wind, solar, thermal, and hydro; in fact we have to do all of them. But, hydro isn’t possible in most places (and also makes “a part of the world uninhabitable” too — look at how much the Three Gorges Dam displaced, for example), nor is geothermal. And wind and solar are inconsistent — great as part of it, but they can’t be the entirety of the grid, unless you want the entire country to go dark on a cloudy day, cuz we simply can’t make batteries store that much.

    • @[email protected]
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      810 months ago

      We are on a time limit thanks to climate change. We can’t afford to complain about picking the lessor of two evils.

      • @[email protected]
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        -710 months ago

        The option proposed is that making a small area of the planet inhabitable or worsening climate change. Sorry but that’s a shitty comparison.

        • @[email protected]
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          510 months ago

          No. The original comment said the “worst disaster made a very small she’s of the planet uninhabitable”. Keep in mind this disaster was the result of Soviet incompetence and completely avoidable with standards implemented in the US.

          They’re saying our “worst case scenario” using nuclear power is better than worst case scenario continuing to use fossil fuels.

          Likelihood of worse case scenario using nuclear power is also extremely low. Whereas worst case scenario (billions of people dying) for continuing to use fossil fuels is EXTREMELY HIGH.

        • Norah - She/They
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          10 months ago

          Bet you’d feel* differently if you were a resident of one of the island nations that’s going to drown in the next decade or two. That part of the world’s definitely going to be uninhabitable if we continue to do nothing.

          • @[email protected]
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            010 months ago

            So installing a nuclear reactor in my province where we have ample hydro electric power options would save that island?

            It’s like you are yell at everyone saying nuclear power or die. There are lots of options to clean reliable energy. In some cases nuclear will be the best option but not always.

            • Norah - She/They
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              19 months ago

              You called me suspicious so here I am fulfilling that expectation. Here’s a fucking great video on why dams, and therefore hydro power, are dangerous and ecologically damaging. The only point I was trying to make is that your argument against nuclear, that it might cause an area of land to become uninhabitable, is flawed. Dams always make an area of land uninhabitable.

              https://youtu.be/AL57dSIXqBM

            • Norah - She/They
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              10 months ago

              I’m not that pro-nuclear. You just made a shitty comparison ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

              Edit: Also if you think hydro is the solution, again, more uninhabitable land. Dams are their own ecological disaster.

    • @[email protected]
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      -110 months ago

      Hello, my German friend. I hope your gas reserves are full and coal dust is filling your lungs. /joke