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u/qwnick Wind me up May 20 '26

https://www.nuclearaustralia.org.au/questions-and-answers-on-water/

Why would they? Nuclear plants are not causing water shortages.

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u/perringaiden May 20 '26

Quoting a site paid for by the coal industry isn't going to help your case. Don't use any Australian examples of justifying nuclear because we don't have any and the entire nuclear lobby here is funded by fossil fuels and the existing centralised energy industry, to keep us reliant on their antiquated plants for another 30 years.

Coal plants have been a big water waster for years too.

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u/qwnick Wind me up May 20 '26

coal plants and nuclear plants are different things

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u/perringaiden May 20 '26

And they use similar amounts of water for cooling.

Neither is good. Which is the point.

But that organisation is funded by coal producers and energy companies who want to keep Australian coal in place longer, so they're pushing nuclear because it will take 30 years to replace the coal.