StretchLimo66

StretchLimo66 t1_ixm4403 wrote

Reply to We might be waiting a decade for solutions to CT's high energy costs by -ctinsider

https://youtu.be/CZExWtXAZ7M

Informative interview on a leading climate scientist James Hansen on nuclear energy. Note it has long been known that renewable energy is not a viable replacement for our energy needs. This interview is OLD.

Note it was the Clinton administration that stopped the development of a commercially viable Gen 4 reactor after pressure from anti nuclear lobby.

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StretchLimo66 t1_ixm0sfj wrote

Reply to comment by Synapse82 in We might be waiting a decade for solutions to CT's high energy costs by -ctinsider

Forget what exactly I was watching but it was an interview with a career Nasa scientist and his work on climate change. It was the Clinton administration that put the kibosh on federal funding furthering nuclear research into the most modern reactors. Keeping in mind Fukushima being the most recent accidental nuclear crisis that reactor was actually quite old and this guy was talking about how the modern reactors that were being designed were basically incapable of meltdown....until the federal government pulled funding for their development.

I'm assuming it is impossible/ illegal to work on a nuclear reactors if you aren't the federal government these days.

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