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[–] Designate6361@lemmy.ml 21 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

Cause once again no one can see the potential advancements nuclear technology can have if it had proper investment. Everyone see's Chernobyl and Fukushima and then they switch off.

Yes Renewables are better than nuclear for the moment but to demonize and not even discuss it is just burying your head in the sand

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[–] andrei_chiffa@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago (6 children)

I find it fascinating how few people remember the time when Greenpeace was literally selling Russian gas.

[–] Kyoyeou@slrpnk.net 13 points 1 year ago

From the Wikipedia Page

In "Climate and Energy"

Green Planet Energy

In 1999 Greenpeace Germany (NGO) founded Greenpeace Energy, a renewable electricity cooperative that supplied customers with fossil gas starting from 2011. After a 2021 media outcry about an entity associated with Greenpeace selling fossil fuel which has been described as greenwashing,[89] the cooperative changed its name to Green Planet Energy.[90] The Greenpeace Germany NGO retains one share in the cooperative, which has been criticized for "greenwashing" Russian gas.[89]

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I am Kyoyeou, just a curious person. Not Bip Boop

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[–] luckyhunter@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago (6 children)

holy crap a voice of reason, hopefully they listen. And hopefully she's free to come scream at the climate activists here in the US too.

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[–] iByteABit@lemm.ee 19 points 1 year ago (10 children)

If the Great Filter theory is correct, climate change will most likely be our Great Filter.

Our species is simply not equipped with the ability to deal with the problems it created. Many people can, but they're not powerful to do anything, and there's too many uneducated people for the masses to rise up about this problem.

We think so short term, it's impossible for some people to think about the future and accept that we'll need to change the way we live now so that we can keep living then. They're hung up on Chernobyl because it was a big bang that killed lots of people at once and it was televised everywhere that has a society and TVs, but they are unable to see that in the long term coal and gas have killed and are still killing way more people than nuclear accidents, because it's a process that's continuous and kills people in indirect ways instead of a big blast.

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[–] rusticus@lemm.ee 14 points 1 year ago (6 children)

This thread: nuclear is far better than fossil fuels

Everyone else: nuclear is not as good as renewables

This thread: nuclear is far better than fossil fuels

Crickets

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