You noticed how we’re all fine breathing in poison and carcinogens? Still haven’t banned burning fossil fuels.
Do you think that’s awesome too?
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el_abuelo@programming.dev 1 week agoFunny how people think waste is why we don’t use nuclear power.
You noticed how we’re all fine breathing in poison and carcinogens? Still haven’t banned burning fossil fuels.
It’s a money problem and a PR problem
technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 days ago
Hoimo@ani.social 1 week ago
And much of the PR problem is related to waste. The main push towards alternative energy sources comes from people worried about the long term consequences of burning fossil fuels. These same people worry about the long term consequences of nuclear waste production, so nuclear sabotages itself on this front.
el_abuelo@programming.dev 1 week ago
Exactly, bad PR.
Waste isn’t actually much of a problem - it’s just been portrayed as one.