I’m not personally strongly opposed, but “stupid” is kind of a dumb simplistic judgment. There are arguments for nuclear power, but there are definitely also many valid arguments against it. Key among them having to source uranium from locations on which we’d rather not be dependant.
australia and canada are among the top 4 uranium producers in the world, and australia has huge reserves that we just don’t mine because we have relatively expensive labour: our uranium is a byproduct of iron and other mining operations… i’d bet you’re not talking about australia when you said “rather not be dependant”, so ramping up our production is a clear, albeit more expensive option
“stupid” here stands for uninformed, succeptible to propaganda, and unwilling to examine presupposed beliefs in light of empirical evidence.
also # of arguments in favor or against something is an absolutely useless metric unless you properly weight every one of them. “we don’t know what to do with the waste which actually hasn’t killed anyone yet” does not outweigh “we are dumping the waste into the air and millions are already dying from the consequences.”
And the reason uranium is sourced there is because it is too expensive to dig up in the West, where there is plenty but laws against poisoning and abandoning your workforce make it too expensive.
I mean, you can. It’s stupid, yes but when has this ever stopped people?
I’m not personally strongly opposed, but “stupid” is kind of a dumb simplistic judgment. There are arguments for nuclear power, but there are definitely also many valid arguments against it. Key among them having to source uranium from locations on which we’d rather not be dependant.
australia and canada are among the top 4 uranium producers in the world, and australia has huge reserves that we just don’t mine because we have relatively expensive labour: our uranium is a byproduct of iron and other mining operations… i’d bet you’re not talking about australia when you said “rather not be dependant”, so ramping up our production is a clear, albeit more expensive option
“stupid” here stands for uninformed, succeptible to propaganda, and unwilling to examine presupposed beliefs in light of empirical evidence.
also # of arguments in favor or against something is an absolutely useless metric unless you properly weight every one of them. “we don’t know what to do with the waste which actually hasn’t killed anyone yet” does not outweigh “we are dumping the waste into the air and millions are already dying from the consequences.”
And the reason uranium is sourced there is because it is too expensive to dig up in the West, where there is plenty but laws against poisoning and abandoning your workforce make it too expensive.