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[–] theunknownmuncher@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's relevant because the less-resource-efficient oil industry has lobbied to make nuclear power artificially inefficient so that their industry can continue to exist.

[–] VibeSurgeon@piefed.social 1 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I don't think anyone is arguing for the oil industry.

Even if nuclear power plant byproducts were re-used at 100%, this would still decidedly not make nuclear energy more resource efficient than solar and wind.

[–] bacon_pdp@lemmy.world -1 points 1 day ago

Solar and wind are nuclear powered. It is just very inefficiently being collected from the massive inefficient fusion reactor in the sky.

[–] theunknownmuncher@lemmy.world -1 points 1 day ago

this would still decidedly not make nuclear energy more resource efficient than solar and wind.

Maybe true only at small scale.