Comment on Japan shifting back to nuclear to ditch coal, power AI
itslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 weeks agoPutting aside clean for now, what part of nuclear is renewable again?
Its 95% renewable. And all deaths from nuclear including the bombs and melted down reactors is equivilent to a couple weeks of deaths caused by coal pollution.
I believe there is some evidance the oil/coal companies pushed anti nuclear propaganda cos it is so effective it would have effected their bottom line.
That’s not how this works. That’s not how any of this works. That’s like saying plastic is renewable because you can recycle part of it
Nuclear is an centralised, slow and expensive technology. If we had built it up 50 years ago, we wouldn’t be so dependent on coal today, that much is true. But to get away from coal now, we need investment in renewables.
The energy companies who own the coal plants often are the same that own the nuclear plants. And they’re afraid that the grid becomes less centralised. I don’t buy that conspiracy about coal suppressing nuclear. Nuclear isn’t a viable technology today (and might not ever be) without huge government subsidies in perpetuity.
LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 weeks ago
Woops. I misspoke. Yeah, nuclear is not renewable, but it’s a helluva lot better than fossil fuels, and I’m not advocating for nuclear instead of solar/wind/hydro, but if it makes sense to do alongside renewables then I don’t see why not, especially as energy demands go up and whatever your opinion getting every single person to comply with not running their own models is not realistic and a kneecap to the technological development.
I’m sure the government of Japan weighed their options and there is a good reason to do nuclear power, especially considering their history.