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Rick Rolle

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1. I certainly wouldn't want to live near a Chinese nuclear plant

Reply to NNadir (Original post)

Sat Feb 6, 2021, 01:39 AM

Feb 2021

There are ways to safely generate electricity using nuclear power. I just wouldn't count on the Chinese to make it a priority. I think nuclear power will have to be part of the near-term future of electric generation, until enough renewable sources can be brought on line. With current technology and availability, there is simply no way to generate enough power. Renewables aren't meeting demand right now, as California has found out.

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China opens its 50th nuclear reactor. [View all] NNadir Feb 2021 OP

I certainly wouldn't want to live near a Chinese nuclear plant Rick Rolle Feb 2021 #1

You'd rather live next to a Chinese coal plant, I guess. NNadir Feb 2021 #2

I'd prefer not to live next any power plant Rick Rolle Feb 2021 #3

I see. Would this reluctance extend to eliminating electricity, or is the case... NNadir Feb 2021 #5

I don't get to tell other people where they may, or may not, live. Rick Rolle Feb 2021 #7

I share general sentiments here, but this part ... mr_lebowski Feb 2021 #8

Um, Vermont? NNadir Feb 2021 #10

We've had these discussions many times NNadir and I was only taking issue with one point ... mr_lebowski Feb 2021 #11

They are tearing up pristine wildernesses. The land intensity of so called "renewable energy..." NNadir Feb 2021 #14

1 in 50 chance that there might be a problem. OAITW r.2.0 Feb 2021 #4

Really? 1 in 50? How so? There is a 100% chance that the coal plants in China will kill people. NNadir Feb 2021 #6

Right, Nuke is better than coal.... OAITW r.2.0 Feb 2021 #9

Really, "if a fuck up happens?" NNadir Feb 2021 #13

On the lighter side, there has to be a joke about working at the TexasTowelie Feb 2021 #12