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Gammelpreiss t1_jd8abxa wrote

Reply to comment by urmomaisjabbathehutt in IPCC chart says Solar PV and Wind Turbines are best way to achieve Deep, Rapid, and Low Cost emission cuts before 2030. by DisasterousGiraffe

Don't bother. The nuclear crowd has become a dogmatic cult by now. It is like discussing with religious nutjobs

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DisasterousGiraffe OP t1_jd8foqu wrote

The nuclear crowd are likely just part of the disinformation campaign: Investigating climate sceptics’ disinformation strategy on Twitter, by Sebastián Escalón

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altmorty t1_jd923xj wrote

They're definitely shills. They don't just attack renewables and energy storage (which even nuclea rpower will need), they also go after electric vehicles and even heat pumps.

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Kaz_55 t1_jd8xfzk wrote

You'd be surprised by the kind of backlash posting stuff like

https://phys.org/news/2011-05-nuclear-power-world-energy.html

https://spectator.clingendael.org/en/publication/nuclear-energy-too-costly-and-too-late

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-energy-nuclearpower-idUSKBN1W909J

can incur every time somebody drags up nuclear as "the obvious solution".

The nuclear and the fossil fuel industry are often two sides of the same coin.

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ialsoagree t1_jd922oy wrote

There's so much misunderstanding of nuclear it's crazy.

I'm not opposed to nuclear in principal, but having read reports like these, and looking at the costs for design and construction, it just doesn't seem viable in the time frame we have.

There are plants started in the 70s that are still being constructed today.

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