Along with a carbon tax we need to continuously look to improve upon existing forms of renewable energy and develop new technologies. But any serious proposal to stop climate change must include nuclear energy. Global electricity usage is projected to increase by 50% in the next 20 years or so. Wind and solar power alone simply cannot accommodate that demand. Nuclear energy could and it produces zero carbon. Nuclear energy has its own challenges (nuclear waste, etc) but we no longer have the time to ignore viable options no matter how unpopular they might be.
Along with a carbon tax we need to continuously look to improve upon existing forms of renewable energy and develop new technologies. But any serious proposal to stop climate change must include nuclear energy. Global electricity usage is projected to increase by 50% in the next 20 years or so. Wind and solar power alone simply cannot accommodate that demand. Nuclear energy could and it produces zero carbon. Nuclear energy has its own challenges (nuclear waste, etc) but we no longer have the time to ignore viable options no matter how unpopular they might be.
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Well, I suppose, I’m not against Nuclear Power, but I think it should be nationalized. Something that serious ought to be owned by the ‘people’ and not a corporation.
Something that serious ought to be owned by the ‘people’ and not a corporation.
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Of course YOU feel that way, Fidel.
Actually I’d be cool if all energy was nationalized. We need to fast track new technologies. I’d like the government to prioritize energy research like they did the first moonshot. I want them to create a NASA for renewable energy. It’ll never happen, because unlike the ‘Space Race’, renewable energy is the enemy of a large portion of the government that’s committed to maintaining the status quo (fossil fuels).