▲ 2206 ▼ Young climate activist tells Greenpeace to drop ‘old-fashioned’ anti-nuclear stance (www.theguardian.com) submitted 2 years ago by sv1sjp@lemmy.world to c/world@lemmy.world 1121 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] PeleSpirit@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Arctic Circle already uses wind? Not fear, reality: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_and_radiation_accidents_and_incidents https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/nuclear-waste-is-piling-up-does-the-u-s-have-a-plan/ permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Astrealix@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago And yet nuclear has killed less than even wind. Obviously death is not the only factor, which is why it should be a combination of both. Again, it's just an example. There are loads of situations where solar and wind just don't work — and they are both inconsistent, without battery technology nearly good enough to work on the order of days for an entire national grid, which could be potentially needed in the event of a storm. Nuclear waste is a problem, but one which is much more easily contained and much less dangerous than the CO2 that's constantly being spewed into our air. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Astrealix@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago And yet nuclear has killed less than even wind. Obviously death is not the only factor, which is why it should be a combination of both. Again, it's just an example. There are loads of situations where solar and wind just don't work — and they are both inconsistent, without battery technology nearly good enough to work on the order of days for an entire national grid, which could be potentially needed in the event of a storm. Nuclear waste is a problem, but one which is much more easily contained and much less dangerous than the CO2 that's constantly being spewed into our air. permalink fedilink source parent