▲ 637 ▼ Nuclear fusion reaction releases almost twice the energy put in (www.newscientist.com) submitted 2 years ago by throwaway389430@lemmy.cafe to c/news@lemmy.world 344 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world -3 points 2 years ago (1 child) Just to clarify you want to know why five decades of doing good work means nothing? I just want to make sure I get the coal lobby's question correct. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] miak@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* (1 child) Right, how have their incentives changed and would you trust them regardless of the administration in power? I'm open to them being more trustworthy, but I don't trust them easily. And just for the record, I'm not against nuclear power. I think it's great and I would love to see more use of clean energy to move away from coal, so your pitchfork is not really necessary. Being skeptical of the organization charged with your safety is not the same thing as being against the technology they look over. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago Right, and it is not on me to prove that they are doing a good job when I can point to five decades. If you want to stop lobbying for big coal go get a job with the NRC and do it yourself. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] miak@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* (1 child) Right, how have their incentives changed and would you trust them regardless of the administration in power? I'm open to them being more trustworthy, but I don't trust them easily. And just for the record, I'm not against nuclear power. I think it's great and I would love to see more use of clean energy to move away from coal, so your pitchfork is not really necessary. Being skeptical of the organization charged with your safety is not the same thing as being against the technology they look over. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago Right, and it is not on me to prove that they are doing a good job when I can point to five decades. If you want to stop lobbying for big coal go get a job with the NRC and do it yourself. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago Right, and it is not on me to prove that they are doing a good job when I can point to five decades. If you want to stop lobbying for big coal go get a job with the NRC and do it yourself. permalink fedilink source parent