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The hate nuclear power gets is so incredibly irrational. We're in a middle of a climate catastrophe, and nuclear is the one practical option for replacing fossil fuels at scale that's actually available to us.
My concern with nuclear power is that it seems to me that it is fundamentally incompatible with capitalism. You cannot cut corners when generating nuclear energy, the maintenance of facilities and proper storage of waste outweight the profit motive. The consequences of negligence seem significant. Though thats not to say oil is any different... but i fear the damage caused wont be so apparent to the layman.
Indeed. Imagine the for-profit non-regulated texas nuckular authoratah