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[โ€“] Teppichbrand@feddit.org 89 points 1 day ago (36 children)

1000005010. Don't feed the troll ๐Ÿ’ฉ

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[โ€“] Takumidesh@lemmy.world 83 points 1 day ago (37 children)

Funny how nuclear power plants are taboo, but building thousands of nuclear warheads all over the globe is no issue.

[โ€“] rational_lib@lemmy.world 2 points 14 hours ago

It's because there's no opposing corporate interest to building nuclear weapons. The way the world works is: profitable shit happens, no matter what the hippies think about it. See: every other environmental issue.

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[โ€“] Isthisreddit@lemmy.world 6 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

I feel this is all moot. When we run out of fossil fuels and go off the energy cliff, the nuclear facilities will basically build themselves, assuming there will be anyone around that will even know how to build a nuclear reactor

[โ€“] cynar@lemmy.world 11 points 22 hours ago

The problem is that nuclear reactors can't be built fast. We've also lost a lot of the expertise to age and retirement.

Nuclear should have been a major factor in dealing with climate change. Unfortunately, we no longer have time for it to take up the slack. It will need to catch up with other renewable energy sources, we can't wait for it.

[โ€“] MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

But if the magic rocks (facility) cost more than creating energy from the water the magic rocks need for cooling...

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