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The_Terrible_Humbaba@slrpnk.net ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

This getting heavily downvoted with no replies shows just how much of anti-nuclear is simply based on propaganda and fear mongering, not science. Nuclear is the second safest energy source in the world, nearly tied with solar for first, and actually was the first until not too long ago. And that is despite the heavy investment into renewables and disinvestment into nuclear. If anyone is that worried about the dangers of nuclear to people and the environment, they should turn their attention to hydro-energy (not to speak of fossil fuels, obviously).

What are even the major disasters regarding nuclear? One, Chernobyl, was in the USSR in the 80s; does any remember what phones looked like in the 80s? The other was in Fukushima, which is located in a country known for earthquakes and tsunamis, and it was not build to handle such events; and it still was nowhere near as bad as Chernobyl. I think I’ve also heard about one in the UK, but that was in the fucking 50s, and even smaller than Fukushima.

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