▲ 156 ▼ British nuclear revival to move towards energy independence (www.gov.uk) submitted 3 years ago by lntl@lemmy.ml to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml 89 comments fedilink hide all child comments Get those construction contacts signed!
[–] Wintermute@lemmy.villa-straylight.social 5 points 3 years ago (2 children) Nuclear power is green energy. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] NuPNuA@lemm.ee 6 points 3 years ago (1 child) Technically yes, it still creates some waste to be dealt with. I guess arguably you have the same with decommissioned turbines, solar panels, etc with other forms. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] utopianfiat@lemmy.world 5 points 3 years ago It's the only form of energy generation that internalizes all of its own costs- including disposing waste and insuring cleanup. If we forced oil companies to internalize the cost of fracking casualty and wastewater reinjection alone, gas would be $50/gal. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] NuPNuA@lemm.ee 6 points 3 years ago (1 child) Technically yes, it still creates some waste to be dealt with. I guess arguably you have the same with decommissioned turbines, solar panels, etc with other forms. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] utopianfiat@lemmy.world 5 points 3 years ago It's the only form of energy generation that internalizes all of its own costs- including disposing waste and insuring cleanup. If we forced oil companies to internalize the cost of fracking casualty and wastewater reinjection alone, gas would be $50/gal. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] utopianfiat@lemmy.world 5 points 3 years ago It's the only form of energy generation that internalizes all of its own costs- including disposing waste and insuring cleanup. If we forced oil companies to internalize the cost of fracking casualty and wastewater reinjection alone, gas would be $50/gal. permalink fedilink source parent