Submitted by HenryCorp t3_yr1oor in dataisbeautiful
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peffervescence t1_ivrhu2o wrote
Oh how I wish it were that easy to convince morons whose livelihoods depend on fossil fuel.
Yeti-420-69 t1_ivrkwjm wrote
“it is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.”
HenryCorp OP t1_ivrljpd wrote
This was recently posted here that's more convincing to those concerned about jobs: More People Are Employed in Clean Energy Than in Fossil Fuels
WoWMHC t1_ivrvijg wrote
I really don’t like how this pretends we’re going to stop warming by installing wind/solar and buying electric cars. We need to start building nuclear along side or we’re going to fall straight back onto fossil fuels when we find out wind/solar can’t hit the goals they’ve projected.
wheels405 t1_ivryczu wrote
All three technologies have tradeoffs. Each is part of the solution, none is the entire solution. Nuclear is too slow to build to address the problem on its own.
WoWMHC t1_ivrzr2l wrote
That’s exactly why I said along side. We’re not solving any long term energy requirements without nuclear.
peffervescence t1_ivsblo0 wrote
One thing I often remind people is how many USN ships use nuclear power, how long they’ve been in the fleet, and how many accidents they’ve had. We have the technology.
Craygor t1_ivtqdb0 wrote
Construction might be a bit longer than a coal plant, but the amount of energy is huge and they can have an operating service life of over a hundred years until needing replacing. ,
wheels405 t1_ivtvwfy wrote
I support nuclear as part of the solution. But its construction time should be compared to the construction time of other renewables, not to the construction time of coal plants.
TrustM3ImAnEngineer t1_ivv3ghg wrote
What about the people whose quality of life depends on fossil fuels? Do you really think fossil fuels go away if people quit their jobs and try to pursue something else?
revpar35 t1_ivvzajl wrote
No-Asparagus6190 t1_ivxiy9o wrote
The thing is, nuclear plants haven't really been build all that much. When Voglte 3 in Georgia goes Critical in December it will be the first new plant in decades. We can pump out nuclear but the problem is they're very expensive and time consuming since we don't have the industrial infrastructure, so to speak. The more we build, the cheaper and quicker they can be built, we just need a few more people to take that leap.
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