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we could just use a radioactive material that isn't uranium but then we wouldn't be able to make missiles from the byproduct and then what use would that be. all we'd get would be power
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merkel did promise to shut down all their nuclear plants by 2030 or so but they're replacing that with giant wind farms in the north sea and personally owned solar on Bavarian sheep farms instead of more coal which is p decent but the nuclear is still good
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Apr 25, 2017 21:58
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brugroffil posted:hey guys I don't disagree I am a fan of nuclear but I'm just saying economically they're not going to be build because they're a lot more expensive than natural gas! I think that holds true even if you put a decent carbon tax on natural gas. "the free market would never allow nuclear power to exist" I insist, as oil billionaires simultaneously poison my air and water and crush my testicles with a bucket excavator power production doesn't need to be profitable
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Apr 26, 2017 18:41
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financially racist posted:they wanted to build a windfarm in some hills in upstate ny a while ago and nimbys blocked it from happening, like that is an actual major hurdle for wind farms as dumb as that is they've been trying to offshore wind farms in New England for years but it turns out the kind of rich dipshits who think their beach house views would be ruined by the existence of windmills have more combined political influence than everyone else
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Apr 26, 2017 18:42
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Coolguye posted:it does, however, still need to be affordable to the end consumer unless we're fine with telling the poor they can live without heating, cooling, and refrigeration. if the state directly controls power generation and distribution they can charge whatever the hell they want for it, don't give me this "good energy is bad... for the poor!!!" talking point poo poo
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Apr 26, 2017 18:52
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yeah the government uses contractors and public-private partnerships out of respect for market innovations and from fear of bureaucratic inefficiency and definitely not because Ayn Rand acolytes have been screaming about the government butting into their profit margins since the new deal
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Apr 26, 2017 19:24
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Coolguye posted:Prosperity means consuming the labor of others. *communist screeching*
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Apr 27, 2017 14:58
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electricity is good, posted from my phone
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Apr 27, 2017 17:18
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lol that was 40 years ago now do one for fracking runoff
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Jun 1, 2017 18:44
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Nebakenezzer posted:Everybody knows that mercury and heavy metals like chromium in coal smoke are super bad for you, there's nothing to confirm but what about Clean Coal
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like I'm gonna take the word of Big Radiation on anything regarding the subject. go shill elsewhere
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