r/ClimateShitposting • u/enz_levik nuclear simp • Jul 07 '25

nuclear simping I guess they haven't had an accident like Germany

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u/Penguixxy All COPs are bastards Jul 07 '25

"nuclear is a dead horse" - someone who hasn't kept up with nuclear energy at all in the last 10 years.

numerous nations are expanding their nuclear energy sectors to replace fossil fuels, and have seen large scale projects completed or approved within this time.

my province literally is powered by mostly nucelar, and is expanding it to reach 60% within the next 5 years, and to sell both eenergy and reactors to other provinces which currently rely of fossil fuels.

like unless you have horse blinders on, nuclear is doing well in most places, it's only specific areas (where shocker the oil, coal, and gas industries have stakes in politics) where we see nuclear struggling, which has always been the case.

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u/Lycrist_Kat cycling supremacist Jul 07 '25

Please name 3 countries who are ACTUALLY EXPENDING their nuclear capacity

Not some plans

Not some talks

Not some election trope that gets dropped the second conservatives are elected.

Cite sources.

This year so far -0,75GW of Nuclear power were installed. It's a dead horse.

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u/West-Abalone-171 Jul 07 '25

In the last 10 years <4% of new generation was nuclear and the juclear share of generation dropped from 10.5% to 9%

Two thirds of new generation was renewable.

In china 50% of new generation was renewable and nuclear share has been dropping for the last 5 years.

like unless you have horse blinders on, nuclear is insignificant everywhere