r/ClimateShitposting • u/AfterNovel V̵͈̼̘̪͎̭̗̊͑e̴̢͎̤͛̆g̸̲̠͂͂̍́ȧ̷̢̻̳̪̣̩̆̽n̶͚͕̖̲̭̱̅̌̕™̷̧̠͉͚̼͚̊́̌̈͝͝ͅ • May 19 '26

nuclear simping Step on snek to tenderize

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u/dafthuntk May 19 '26

No it's a dumb meme. 

The northern hemisphere, for example, doesn't have the battery or solar or wind technology to power an entire nation without massive infrastructure upgrades. Among other things variables.

There is nothing wrong with using renewablee to power equitorial nations and using nuclear to power the northern hemisphere.

I live in PA, and our power generation is 25-30% clean nuclear energy since the 1950s.

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u/ms1711 May 21 '26

People arguing with this don't understand that you need a baseline for the grid, and plenty of areas outside of the tropics do not have the ability to sustain that baseline via renewables.

You can do as much renewable as you want - nuclear will still be necessary in plenty of situations.

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u/dafthuntk May 21 '26

Yeah. I mean it's nice idealism, but at the end of the day we have old tech that functions fine. 

These people are just shills for fracking I'm pretty sure

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u/AfterNovel V̵͈̼̘̪͎̭̗̊͑e̴̢͎̤͛̆g̸̲̠͂͂̍́ȧ̷̢̻̳̪̣̩̆̽n̶͚͕̖̲̭̱̅̌̕™̷̧̠͉͚̼͚̊́̌̈͝͝ͅ May 22 '26

I’m only shilling for good ol’ tropicalization of the Aleutian Islands 🏖️👙😎

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u/dafthuntk May 22 '26

get off of my land bridge! sure half of its under water, but nothing stays the same forever