SaharaMaleikuhm comments on Anon questions our energy sector

[–] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 23 points 2 years ago (9 children)

No it's about nuclear waste and where to store it, it's about how expensive it is to build a nuclear power plant (bc of regulations so they don't goo boom) and it's about how much you have to subsidize it to make the electricity it produces affordable at all. Economically it's just not worth it. Renewables are just WAY cheaper.

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[–] el_abuelo@programming.dev 60 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Funny how people think waste is why we don't use nuclear power.

You noticed how we're all fine breathing in poison and carcinogens? Still haven't banned burning fossil fuels.

It's a money problem and a PR problem

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[–] Hoimo@ani.social 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

And much of the PR problem is related to waste. The main push towards alternative energy sources comes from people worried about the long term consequences of burning fossil fuels. These same people worry about the long term consequences of nuclear waste production, so nuclear sabotages itself on this front.

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[–] el_abuelo@programming.dev 10 points 2 years ago

Exactly, bad PR.

Waste isn't actually much of a problem - it's just been portrayed as one.

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