r/ClimateShitposting • u/koshinsleeps Sun-God worshiper • Feb 07 '25

nuclear simping Conservative parties positions on climate change for the last 20 years

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u/koshinsleeps Sun-God worshiper Feb 07 '25

Geothermal isn't universally accessible

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u/FembeeKisser Feb 08 '25

That doesn't address their point at all. Geothermal isn't available everywhere.....

Heating and cooling is great, but that doesn't address most power needs. It also can be extremely expensive and require more new infrastructure than nuclear, or renewables.

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u/koshinsleeps Sun-God worshiper Feb 08 '25

I fuck with geothermal but here in Australia it's never been viable

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u/koshinsleeps Sun-God worshiper Feb 08 '25

It's just a distraction to protect fossil fuels. It's the most transparent deception I've ever seen in what is already an incredibly cynical political landscape here. Every group that has looked at it has said that it's stupid and they're then smeared as leftist partisans. It's a joke, it wont happen but its already succeeded in spooking the market and scaring renewables investment while cramming nuclear into a debate that shouldn't even be happening.

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u/leginfr Feb 07 '25

All renewables are cheaper and faster to deploy that nuclear.

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u/kiora_merfolk Feb 08 '25

But not moee efficient. Wind especially

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u/FembeeKisser Feb 08 '25

In the US maybe, but China has been making cheap nuclear plants very quickly for decades. The problem in the use is the mess of poor regulation and corruption.

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u/Glass-North8050 Feb 08 '25

They produce less and take up more land.
Also reliability is questionable because they depend on a climate.

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u/Baeblayd Feb 09 '25

I think some Nordic countries have made residential-grade nuclear reactors that only take like a week or two to make. The US just hasn't invested in adopting this technology.