• radiofreeval [any]@hexbear.net
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    You’re argument to not invest in infrastructure projects because it’s expensive is one of the single most moronic statements I have read in a long time. Of course maintenance of a power plant is going to be expensive. So is doing literally anything to fight climate change. There is no plan right now because any method of fighting climate change is entirely against the interests of the ruling class. There is no plan for major renewables infrastructure. There is no plan for any sort of decarbonization. There is no silver bullet here and reliance on any one sort of technology will without a doubt screw us over because every method has weaknesses. Nuclear power also does not need to be a stopgap, especially if you look at the way China is doing it, with rapid development alongside renewables and focusing on technology not to run out of uranium.

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      You’re argument to not invest in infrastructure projects because it’s expensive is one of the single most moronic statements I have read in a long time

      That’s fucking cute coming from someone acting like their argument is being misunderstood. Absolute banger of a nonsense statement. I’d delete my entire account had I said something like this. You owe me an actual apology for this.

      The issue is not merely that nuclear is “expensive”. It’s that any argument about the cost and necessity of maintenance of renewable energy sources applies equally if not more so to nuclear power. It is not “Being fair” to apply the issue of cost to renewable energy but not to nuclear power. It’s a selective application of a problem that exists more so for the thing you’re arguing for. It’s dishonest.
      But on top of that any kind of responsible expansion of nuclear power requires infrastructure that we not only aren’t building because of cost, but won’t build because it is a gigantic political hot potato with incredibly vast implications. Permanent nuclear waste storage does not exist. The closest is a facility in Finland that’s been “almost built” for decades.

      Edit: And that’s not even getting into the fact that expanding nuclear power capacity would take as long as expanding renewable capacity. It’s a non solution to the issue.

      Nuclear power also does not need to be a stopgap,

      It literally fucking does. That’s… the entire environmentalist argument for nuclear. What the fuck are you smoking. The reason nuclear power can even be defended is that it is a superior alternative environmentally to fossil fuels, not that it can serve as a permanent replacement to other sources of energy.

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        Nuclear waste storage is not an issue. High level waste is safety contained today in facilities and construction of waste facilities is solely a matter of political will. We have the technology and waste storage of high level material is not a critical issue. Furthermore, the decision to solely focus on nuclear waste from reactors is deeply unserious. Coal ash is more radioactive than nuclear waste and the medical industry generates far more nuclear waste than power does. This stampede against helpful technically accomplishes no good whatsoever. Anti nuclear activists in Germany successfully fought for the climate by shutting down nuclear plants and letting the government further cement it’s reliance on coal. Rallying against useful, viable, albeit imperfect technology (as all technologies are) is phenomenaly counterproductive and unserious.

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          Yeah calling me unserious and then jumping over to arguments against coal power as an argument isn’t going to fly. Do better. Especially when you then claim nuclear storage is not an issue. Nuclear is only useful insofar as it is a temporary stopgap and a replacement for building fossil fuel plants, but the time to build up nuclear capacity was 40 years ago. It is not now, when we should be focusing on renewable sources of energy, clamoring against that by saying yeah well it’s gonna take steel to do that is fucking baby brained, and calling anyone unserious after that was your first fucking argument isn’t even ironic, it’s just fucking stupid.

          genuinely go back to reddit

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            Are you illiterate? The argument against coal was saying that all fighting against nuclear does is hinder it’s progress and therefore help coal. Also, nuclear is more than just a stopgap as I said earlier. Nuclear power can provide power for extended durations, especially with breeder reactors and ocean mining for uranium. Your inability to look at usecases, nuance or anything other than repeating turbolib propaganda that causes real, material harm is incredibly frustrating and honestly concerning that you can’t see how your position is being used directly against your interests. We need to pull all the stops to fight climate change and that means all the stops. Rallying against nuclear does absolutely nothing and only prevents more low carbon power from being constructed. Stop aligning yourself with absolutist, unproductive turbolibs and realize that two things can be done at once.

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              You don’t get to make more argument redditbrained dumbass. You argued that renewable using steel was an argument against them. You just don’t have a leg to fucking stand on. You don’t rise to the level of unserious. In fact. You’re not getting more from me. I’m just going to call you a dumb fuck until I get an apology for your dumb ass behavior and bad arguments.

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                I’m not apologizing for calling you out on being a total idiot and being unable to read or carrying more about fighting spoopy nuclear power than fighting climate change. You absolute fucking moron.

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                  No I’m not asking you to apologize for shit that never happened. I’m asking you to apologize for being a fucking dipshit without any brain activity who still insists on being annoying as fuck. Like the fucking audacity of calling other people dumb after advocating the “Oh yeah but you have to use steel for renewable energy” argument alone. Genuinely stop posting, don’t inflict your stupid on the world.

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                    You are literally the one who is using retoric used to prevent climate action. Nuclear isn’t a silver bullet but it is useful but you are more focused on swearing like a toddler that just learned how to say fuck than you are thinking about the climate crisis.