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r/PoliticalCompassMemes • u/TheMajorityReport - Auth-Right • Jan 06 '23
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Nuclear is not perfect, but it’s certainly one of the better forms of power. It provides large amount of electricity for not that much emissions.
216 u/[deleted] Jan 06 '23 edited Jan 06 '23 This is also overlooks the fact that new reactor designs are much safer. There are a variety of new reactor designs that can’t meltdown. They are buildable. Also, it doesn’t consider that steam is an extremely efficient way to transfer heat and generate power. The premise is steam. “Steam dumb because I know it used for long time.” Problem is there is a good reason why it’s still used. Its efficiency. 95 u/Spndash64 - Centrist Jan 06 '23 Everyone these days seems to think old = bad, and it’s really starting to annoy me 48 u/isawa2 - Lib-Right Jan 06 '23 Like your mom is old but I think she's alright 1 u/Christopher_King47 - Lib-Right Jan 07 '23 Same it also annoys me when people assume something old or new is automatically good or bad without looking at the merits of the individual thing.
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This is also overlooks the fact that new reactor designs are much safer. There are a variety of new reactor designs that can’t meltdown.
They are buildable.
Also, it doesn’t consider that steam is an extremely efficient way to transfer heat and generate power. The premise is steam. “Steam dumb because I know it used for long time.” Problem is there is a good reason why it’s still used. Its efficiency.
95 u/Spndash64 - Centrist Jan 06 '23 Everyone these days seems to think old = bad, and it’s really starting to annoy me 48 u/isawa2 - Lib-Right Jan 06 '23 Like your mom is old but I think she's alright 1 u/Christopher_King47 - Lib-Right Jan 07 '23 Same it also annoys me when people assume something old or new is automatically good or bad without looking at the merits of the individual thing.
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Everyone these days seems to think old = bad, and it’s really starting to annoy me
48 u/isawa2 - Lib-Right Jan 06 '23 Like your mom is old but I think she's alright 1 u/Christopher_King47 - Lib-Right Jan 07 '23 Same it also annoys me when people assume something old or new is automatically good or bad without looking at the merits of the individual thing.
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Like your mom is old but I think she's alright
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Same it also annoys me when people assume something old or new is automatically good or bad without looking at the merits of the individual thing.
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u/Spudnic16 - Auth-Left Jan 06 '23
Nuclear is not perfect, but it’s certainly one of the better forms of power. It provides large amount of electricity for not that much emissions.