But not impossible, if we try.

Solar powered attack drone.

It's not that hard.

Historically speaking, the cumulative effect of lighting oil on fire is set to make the entire planet uninhabitable, permanently.

an oil fire doesn’t render the area immediately uninhabitable for thousands of years

But the production and burning of it releases just as much radiation and causes just as much cancer. (Actually more.)

Nuclear doesn't either. It's just that we're much safer (and made more scared) or radiation. We're overly cautious. It's actually been shown that a little bit more radiation than background may actually be good for you.

(Edit: Watch this before you downvote: https://youtu.be/gzdLdNRaPKc)

Three mile island, Fukushima, and Chernobyl are pretty much safe. (Chernobyl is slightly more dangerous, because there's the potential for hot debris, but that's unlikely at this point. If you're careful, it's safe. If people were to live there, it'd be safe wherever they are, as they'd ensure there's no hot objects.) The last reactor at Chernobyl shut down in 2000, meaning they were working there and operating it for decades safely after the disaster. Three mile Island was operating until 2019 safely, and since there have been plans made to bring it back online.

Of course. Why wouldn't we use both?

Just like a financial portfolio, our energy ecosystem is only safe if it's well and proper distributed. Excess energy can be stored, or simply routed to ground, programs that incentivise energy use during unexpected peak periods already exist, there's absolutely no reason not to over-plan and engineer it just to avoid shit like what goes down in Texas almost every year...

Nuclear is not a stop gap. It's a solution.

The comment you’re responding to literally does not mention FF.

Does it need to? That's the alternative we're talking about, whether it's mentioned specifically or not.

Wind and solar are great and have become so good in the past decade that they're more cost effective than everything else, but they still aren't applicable everywhere, most often due to real estate requirements. Nuclear reactors are bulky too, but nothing compared to the amount of space you need for solar arrays or wind turbines to generate an equivalent amount of electricity. For the places where wind and solar can't fit, it's fossil fuels or nuclear.