ext_370466 ([identity profile] sandwichwarrior.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] talkpolitics 2013-09-12 04:43 pm (UTC)

"Coal is off limits for obvious reasons."

No it's not and this is not obvious


The Idea is to reduce CO2 emissions, not increase them.

For obvious reasons, you keep using that phrase. Most environmentalists understand that energy options are not perfect but there are better ones and worse ones out there.

Most environmentalists are all about "clean energy" until the moment someone suggests building a damn or drilling in a national park.

Especially when you put it that way, nuclear power plants are not the same thing as nuclear weapons, "nuke" suggests the building of nuclear weapons. And is there a survey out there for this? Because I don't think most people like the idea of having only those two options.

I think you underestimate the level of opposition and irrational fear associated with nuclear power.

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