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[-] Relo@lemmy.world 54 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Why go nuclear when renewable is so much cheaper, safer, future proof and less centralised?

Don't get me wrong. Nuclear is better than coal and gas but it will not safe our way of life.

Just like the electric car is here to preserve the car industry not the planet, nuclear energy is still here to preserve the big energy players, not our environment.

[-] Zink@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah, the cost is the real downside to Nuclear. However, for every Nuclear plant running, that’s a lot of batteries it other energy storage that don’t have to be built today in order to have clean energy. Because even if we were utilizing nuclear like we should, we would still need to be building a shit ton of batteries to keep the cost of energy coming down.

[-] Indicah@lemmynsfw.com -4 points 1 year ago

Don't forget nuclear waste that is just building up forever with nothing to do with it.

[-] Uranium3006@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

It's the only kind of waste that goes away on it's own if you literally sit on it and do nothing

[-] Claidheamh@slrpnk.net 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Do you know how much nuclear waste has been produced in the whole world for the entire history of nuclear energy production?

Around 500 000 tonnes.

That's 0.001% of the waste thrown into the atmosphere by fossil fuels EVERY YEAR.

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