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0 pointscollingreen1y ago0 comments

Nuclear and everything we were using before is probably not better than just everything we were using before. Hopefully we can continue to reduce high emission or otherwise damaging power production even while power requirements grow.

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golergka1y ago· 3 in thread

Power means making things and providing services that people want, that make their lives better. Which is a good thing. We need more power, not less.

layer81y ago

Almost all power consumed ends up as thermal energy in the environment.

Schiendelman1y ago

That would be fine if we weren't preventing it from radiating out with greenhouse gases.

g-b-r1y ago

I guess that global warming is a good thing, then

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