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The memes of the climate

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The climate of the memes of the climate!

Planet is on fire!

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[–] maxmalrichtig@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Sing it with me: "Nuclear power is not a solution!" 🎢🎡🎢

Besides that nuclear power is dangerous on so many levels...

Here is the math to consider:

  • Nuclear only produces 3.6% of today's power consumption
  • 80% of today's power consumption is still fossil based
  • Recoverable Uranium would last for only ~200 at CURRENT PROD RATE! (Generous estimate)
  • If we would want to replace fossil with nuclear, Uranium would only last for 9 YEARS.

I say it again: 9 YEARS ! After that time, you can't produce any more power with your plants, leaving you with a huge problem. We need an energy system that will serve us good for the foreseeable future.

The median time for building a nuclear plant is 8 years. Getting all the planning and approval done can bring this timeline up to 20 years. Much to slow. We need solutions now!

Guys/Girls, stop reproducing the talking point of plant owners and capitalistic energy providers. Nuclear power is not a solution for the global scale problem of energy production.


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[–] clemdemort@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm confident nuclear fusion is the way to go, but we may already be too late :(

Hey maybe some room temperature superconductor will come in clutch but it's not looking so great.

[–] maxmalrichtig@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Totally! Some cool andvancement in a technology like that would bring us much closer to "easier" renewable energy sources. And I hope they will find solution for our (more distant) future.

However, we can't just wait for it. We need solutions NOW - and they exist in conventional renewable energy technologies. I mean, we have that massive fusion reactor in a save distance from our planet that delivers huge amounts of energy to us for free. We just have to tap into it. πŸ˜‡

[–] clemdemort@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Yes let's build a Dyson sphere! XD