What's Going on here?
How can otherwise apparently sane people come to think that nuclear energy is the only possible solution to the human civilization-disrupting problem of climate change?
They claim it it is the only large scale, cost effective way to meet demand with no CO2 emissions. But are they right? Can this be true?
Nuclear is not cost effective. How could it be? The cost of containing the radioactive fission products of commercial nuclear power plant operation- for 10 or 20 thougsand years is . . . . . . well, how much is that now, really? Hard to guess unless you know how you'd do it.
If we can't meet "demand" without it - meaning with solar energy alone, then maybe we better take a nice close look at what this "demand" thing is, and why on earth it is so unthinkably important we meet it.
I like staring at my navel.
They claim it it is the only large scale, cost effective way to meet demand with no CO2 emissions. But are they right? Can this be true?
Nuclear is not cost effective. How could it be? The cost of containing the radioactive fission products of commercial nuclear power plant operation- for 10 or 20 thougsand years is . . . . . . well, how much is that now, really? Hard to guess unless you know how you'd do it.
If we can't meet "demand" without it - meaning with solar energy alone, then maybe we better take a nice close look at what this "demand" thing is, and why on earth it is so unthinkably important we meet it.
I like staring at my navel.
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