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nhomewarrior t1_j4cb8fj wrote

Reply to comment by WolfThick in Germany plans to destroy this village for a coal mine. Thousands are gathering to stop it by LaminatedDenim

Germans decided nuclear power was too dangerous, but they needed electricity so 🤷

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WolfThick t1_j4clfso wrote

So why don't they replace them with thorium reactors which is basically the safest type of energy you could possibly have on the planet

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browngray t1_j4d2yll wrote

They're mining lignite, so safety is already out of the equation.

Plus you'd have to make a production-grade thorium reactor first compared to building one out of an existing design. Research projects won't solve an energy crisis that needs the energy now than later.

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