Journal doom's Journal: A pro-nuclear piece at the Guardian UK 3
The Guardian UK -- a newspaper well-respected among the liberal/left crowd -- ran a pro-nuclear power opinion piece on their front page. It's not even the strongest case that could be made -- it hardly matters whether we're at "peak-oil", nuclear waste just isn't that big of a problem, etc -- but sometimes making a weaker case can be more persuasive, even when you're talking to the folks who like to think they're members of the reality based community. Here's some more reality, while we're at it.
Doesn't matter (Score:2)
Good times!
Yeah, but... (Score:2)
You can *also* look forward to global warming panics as we get pummelled by increasingly crazy weather and watch the oceans start to rise.
Anti-nuclear hysteria vs. global warming hysteria: who'll win?
(And any way, the real question is what China decides to do, eh?)
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See that's the thing. I'm so certain we're brainless and fucked, that we'll get the worst of both worlds.
(And any way, the real question is what China decides to do, eh?)
Relevant only in the short- to medium-term. They got just as many actual and potential problems as anyone else.