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Nuclear has never been good, just an "oh shit, we left it too late".
Nuclear will be good when there is no wind, at night, with limited hydro and storage. The excitement with it has been from years of industry astroturfing. Seeing reddit go from opposed to, celebrating nuclear as thinking it was superior to all other renewables was a wild ride.
Nuclear is the best option
False. Solar PV, hydro and wind are superior without the nuclear waste problem.
Nuclear has a purpose in the mix, but more in a supporting role.
The nuclear waste problem's solution is stick it in the side of a mountain in the middle of nowhere.
In good environmentally friendly concrete. So greeen.
What do you think hydroelectric dams get built with?
Smugness?
Once with concrete which lasts decades. But nuclear plants produce waste every day that needs concrete for decades. And they are built with concrete.
Nice try.
Nuclear is easily the safest, cleanest and most efficient form of energy production. Until we get to nuclear fusion.