A majority of Americans (57%) say they favor more nuclear power plants to generate electricity in the country, up from 43% who said this in 2020.

When asked about the federal government’s role, 41% of Americans say it should encourage the production of nuclear power.

Let’s get those new construction contracts signed!

  • schroedingershat@lemmy.world
    127·
    1 year ago

    There’s only one contender, buddy. This “if only you’d stop fighting and just direct 10x the resources at a non-solution” schtick is even stupider than the rest of the lies.

    The nuclear industry is owned by the same people as big carbon. The only people parroting this garbage are the same people that have been pushing coal and climate denial.

    • lntl@lemmy.mlOP
      33·
      1 year ago

      Yikes! It’s not about sticking it to the man. I don’t care who owns the nuclear industry.

      I care about leaving an atmosphere to the children. Nothing can get in the way of that.

          • schroedingershat@lemmy.world
            2·
            1 year ago

            Why is gifting grifters trillions of dollars to make negligible impact on climate change in response to a fossil industry marketing campaign not about the grifters or the fossil industry?

            • lntl@lemmy.mlOP
              12·
              1 year ago

              Because it’s about the atmosphere. If we need more money, we’ll just print it like always. This is such a silly point you’re tryna make.

              • schroedingershat@lemmy.world
                21·
                1 year ago

                Money represents resources and labour.

                The 5GW of distributed or utility solar uses less mass and less of every individual element than the 1GW nuclear reactor except for Silicon and Oxygen (the most abundant things). 3GW of wind requires much less of everything except concrete (and the gap is closing rapidly).

                1000 people (including the underpaid factory workers and the upstream supply chain) working for a year can produce, ship and install the utility PV or 2-3 years for distributed, but it takes the same workforce a decade for the NPP just at the construction site (excluding the underpaid miners in Uzbekistan or Niger).

                You’re also presupposing results that have never happened historically and are incredibly easy for the fossil fuel industry (who are pushing this) to delay or sabotage.

                  • schroedingershat@lemmy.world
                    11·
                    1 year ago

                    If you want to run a hole digging campaign with public money you can do it with something that doesn’t permanently poison native land.

                    Or alternatively employ those people to do something useful.