Nuclear power has downsides. We should drastically expand nuclear anyway, while rebuilding our electrical grid to handle the extra power. Why? Because we need reliable and emissions-free electricity, and nuclear is the most efficient and cleanest way to provide it. Next-generation reactors don't melt down, generate much less waste than t…
Nuclear power has downsides. We should drastically expand nuclear anyway, while rebuilding our electrical grid to handle the extra power. Why? Because we need reliable and emissions-free electricity, and nuclear is the most efficient and cleanest way to provide it. Next-generation reactors don't melt down, generate much less waste than the Dresden models of the Seventies, and building them provides a lot of well-paying long-term jobs that can't be offshored.
Naysayers compare nuclear to Perfection. I compare nuclear to all other sources of power generation, and find nuclear the least problematic way to meet our energy requirements. Yucca Mountain is still there, and the federal government should override Nevada's NIMBYism and use the place already. Energy production is a national concern, and waste management is part of the cost. In time, we'll figure out a way to de-radiate the waste, and we can empty Yucca for good.
As for Germany, it lost its damn mind. Who puts all their critical energy eggs in one basket, let alone a Russian basket? Were the Greens so powerful that they could make and break political careers over nuclear policy? Or were they just so loud and obnoxious that German politicians fell for it?
Nuclear power has downsides. We should drastically expand nuclear anyway, while rebuilding our electrical grid to handle the extra power. Why? Because we need reliable and emissions-free electricity, and nuclear is the most efficient and cleanest way to provide it. Next-generation reactors don't melt down, generate much less waste than the Dresden models of the Seventies, and building them provides a lot of well-paying long-term jobs that can't be offshored.
Naysayers compare nuclear to Perfection. I compare nuclear to all other sources of power generation, and find nuclear the least problematic way to meet our energy requirements. Yucca Mountain is still there, and the federal government should override Nevada's NIMBYism and use the place already. Energy production is a national concern, and waste management is part of the cost. In time, we'll figure out a way to de-radiate the waste, and we can empty Yucca for good.
As for Germany, it lost its damn mind. Who puts all their critical energy eggs in one basket, let alone a Russian basket? Were the Greens so powerful that they could make and break political careers over nuclear policy? Or were they just so loud and obnoxious that German politicians fell for it?