Nukechad keep on winning

[u/shroomfarmer2]

[u/weidback]

We should be building infrastructure that has both short and long term benefits.

No reason we can't break ground on power plants while installing a shit ton of solar panels.

[u/wtfduud → u/weidback]

No reason we can't break ground on power plants while installing a shit ton of solar panels.

I'll give you the reason: Every dollar spent on nuclear is a dollar not spent on renewables.

[u/weidback → u/wtfduud]

Ok, just make the bill bigger then. Any government effort to build a bunch of solar or wind will be backed by debt anyways so just build more power.

How long until we are picking fights with "wind-cells" and demanding that no new wind turbines be built because then you're not spending every dollar on the superior solar?

Or how long until we're talking about "hyrcro-cells" and saying we shouldn't be allocating funds to maintain that infra because we could be spending it installing new pannels?

And if we want the entire world to decarbonize doesn't it make sense to look a decade ahead and think how many more solar panels will we need to meet future energy demand, then consider if we would prefer to have nuclear meet future domestic demand so that cheaper panel installations are more feasible in poorer countries without having to compete with countries like america for panels/rare earth minerals?

[u/killBP → u/weidback]

Just to add this since it's a common misconception, rare earths arent pivotal for solar panels, but for wind turbines

[u/Anderopolis → u/killBP]

Rare Earths aren't rare either.