derek
@derek
Why is nuclear becoming the energy darling when solar is so clearly better? Solar is already proven to work at a variety of scales, has little-to-no downside, and needs to only become more efficient and ubiquitous.
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Stuart
@olystuart
Yeah the most obvious energy solutions the USA is seriously slacking on are a large scale national solar maximization campaign, and a new smart energy grid with a lot of focus on energy storage and localization. Nuclear is interesting too now that the technology is a lot better but the main problem with nuclear is it's not cost efficient without massive subsidies. It's an option where needed but it's not superior to solar.
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derek
@derek
The problems with nuclear in my mind are plenty: the associated risks, the finite resource problem, scale problems, etc. Don’t get me wrong, I’m pro-nuclear philosophically but practically speaking solar is just so obviously the future.
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Dan Romero
@dwr.eth
What risks are you worried about with nuclear?
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Stuart
@olystuart
One of the reasons I wish we would try and learn from and collaborate with China rather than the current cold war BS. They are way ahead on rolling out solar.
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