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tdc_ t1_itizyz0 wrote

Reply to comment by Hawk---- in A city in China is planning an offshore wind farm so big that it could power all of Norway by quellerand

> Germany, who's gone all in on Solar and Wind renewables

Nice wall of text but as a German your central example is absolutely laughable to me. I mean if you love your nuclear energy, I don't care but hope you have fun storing the trash for a few thousand years. No, but what is absolutely absurd is claiming Germany had gone "all in" on solar and wind. When did this happen? Under Merkel with CDU and their absurd 3-H restrictions in Bavaria? What are you talking about?

Because as far as I'm aware we've been razing villages all the time for coal and been happily burning that. Where and when did that non-existing renewable all-in happen?! Or are you just using Germany as a staw man since we shut off all but 3 nuclear plants?

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borisperrons t1_itkpm0y wrote

I mean, a nuclear power plant during its lifetime produces orders of magnitude less nasty stuff than a coal plant. More dangerous, yes, but also easier to stock somewhere safe.

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6ixpool t1_itkgyhj wrote

Lots of emerging tech in nuclear power that promises to help address the spectre of nuclear waste. Things like thorium and small modular reactors are very promising near future tech. Doesn't really speak much to how France is able to supply most of their power via nuclear, but it does address the main concern about nuclear power namely the perceived significant negatives of nuclesr waste.

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OotTheMonk t1_itlruaq wrote

Radioactive materials are going to radioact, why does it matter if it’s done deep in the earth, or extracted, used productively, and stuck back into a hollowed out mountain in the middle of nowhere?

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