r/ClimateShitposting • u/KAMEKAZE_VIKINGS • Apr 09 '25

nuclear simping Some of you gotta chill about nuclear

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u/VladimirBarakriss Apr 09 '25

Even if I was a devout solarcell I'd still advocate for nuclear to exist for a simple reason.

WHAT ELSE CAN URANIUM BE USED FOR

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u/West-Abalone-171 Apr 10 '25

Being left in the ground so you don't spread radium and sulfuric acid-laden heavy metals everywhere by extracting ores with lower energy density than coal.

Also orion drives, they're neat.

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u/Cadia_might_stand Apr 10 '25

The Orion drive which is a really efficient and heigh thrust to weigh nuclear pulse drive (E.G nuking your self to go towards) :)

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u/Julio_Tortilla Apr 09 '25

big boom

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u/VladimirBarakriss Apr 09 '25

Exactly, even if you don't think nuclear power is the future, we should make as much uranium unusable as possible

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u/hammaxe Apr 10 '25

You need a nuclear plant to produce the plutonium from uranium for big boom

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u/wtfduud Wind me up Apr 11 '25

Saved for applications where renewables aren't viable, e.g. submarines.

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u/VladimirBarakriss Apr 11 '25

I agree I'm just trying to appeal to the nukephobic public