sv1sjp@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoYoung climate activist tells Greenpeace to drop ‘old-fashioned’ anti-nuclear stancewww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square94fedilinkarrow-up1113arrow-down19
arrow-up1104arrow-down1external-linkYoung climate activist tells Greenpeace to drop ‘old-fashioned’ anti-nuclear stancewww.theguardian.comsv1sjp@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square94fedilink
minus-squareMarkG_108@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoNuclear costs a huge amount. It does produce waste. There are still safety concerns regarding nuclear power, which only increase as our reliance upon it increases. Investing in renewable energy makes more sense.
minus-squaretwopi@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoYou need to have base power and either be nuclear or hydro and hydro is heavily dependant on the environment. So we should invest in both For example Ontario is 60% nuclear, 20% hydro, 9% renewables and 11% gas about. So we should invest in both to eliminate natural gas.
Nuclear costs a huge amount. It does produce waste. There are still safety concerns regarding nuclear power, which only increase as our reliance upon it increases. Investing in renewable energy makes more sense.
You need to have base power and either be nuclear or hydro and hydro is heavily dependant on the environment. So we should invest in both
For example Ontario is 60% nuclear, 20% hydro, 9% renewables and 11% gas about. So we should invest in both to eliminate natural gas.