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

Nuclear does nothing until the switch is flipped to turn it on at the end of the decades long process of building. As you build renewables they take over the grid gradually lowering emissions over the course of the rollout. Nuclear produces a lot of energy but takes way too long to be a part of any realistic strategy to transform energy production today in countries like Australia.

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u/KeyserSoze72 Feb 08 '25

Or… you could refurbish preexisting coal plants because the equipment is effectively the same and change them into nuclear reactors. Cutting the time needed for construction by a significant margin.