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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/68257855

Nuclear is the best btw.

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[–] Therms45@europe.pub 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

And earthquakes, and tsunamis, and hurricanes, and floods, and any other unforeseen circumstance which will result in rising level of cancer and lowering life expectancy for generations in the centuries to come. But yes who cares?! Glowy thing go brrrrrrr!

[–] A_Chilean_Cyborg@feddit.cl -2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's talking about ignorance honestly, hidro has killed way more people.

[–] Therms45@europe.pub 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You realise that death isn't the only bad thing that can happen to you? I'd say crippling you and future generations for life is worse than death.

[–] Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca -3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

And that's why replacing coal with fission is a massive step forwards!

[–] Therms45@europe.pub 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

No it's not! It's a minuscule step forward which will achieve no change whatsoever for the average person except an INCREASE in the amount of carcinogenic compounds in the atmosphere!

The massive step forward would be not needing boiling water and not needing to burn any fuel whatsoever to produce energy. That would be a "massive" step forward, not nuclear.

And btw, water vapour is a greenhouse gas too.

[–] SpongyAneurysm@feddit.org 1 points 17 hours ago

Nuclear isn't exactly 'burning fuel', at least not in a traditional sense. But I guess you just mean that as 'consuming a finite, non-renewable ressource' which it still does.

No disagreement, I'm just here to nitpick that bit of phrasing.