VitriolicViolet t1_is87xx9 wrote on October 14, 2022 at 12:33 AM

Reply to comment by Pezotecom in Ethics of Nuclear Energy in Times of Climate Change: Escaping the Collective Action Problem by CartesianClosedCat

>This fallacious idea of capitalism not thinking in long terms has long been refuted.

nope.

industry chose renewables due to the massive short term profits associated with it, if we wanted lowest costs over a 100 year period nuclear would have been done a decade ago.

instead we are gambling on Battery RnD pulling super batteries out of a hat in order to go renewable.

seems to me like a choice motivated solely by profit seeking.

also fucking lol what threat? coal alone has released more radiation than all nuclear technologies and accidents combined, killed more people than all nuclear technologies and accidents combined.

only the irrational fear nuclear or think its worse then fossil fuels.

Pezotecom t1_is8bzpq wrote on October 14, 2022 at 1:03 AM

At some point you need to give credit to the financial system and agree it's efficient.

If we at least assume that, then we are giving incredible leaps towards an even more energy intensive society. At least that's what data shows. What I mean by this is that the market is incredibly good at directing resources, in this case, energy, where its needed. Can we do it better? hell yes. I am not sure how a couple of benevolent geniuses would outperform decades of market capitalism, if you sugest some people actually know better than the decentralized system.

And about pollution: yes, I agree on what you said. But you can't deny that even that can't compare to the absolute wreck chernobyl could have been. That's a huge precedent and actually having fear of it is more than rational.