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Still, I wish people hadn't been so against nuclear back in the 70s/80s. Would have been so much less emissions and they could be replaced with renews

Posted by zork Sep 17 '22, 04:17

at the end of their lives starting around now. The amount of coal/gas/etc. that would not have been burned would be incredible.

There are quite a few activists from back then who wish they hadn't equated nuclear power with nuclear weapons.

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I was anti-nuke because we never had a good long term waste storage plan, NIMBY was always stronger. -- nm - crash davis Sep 17, 09:32 2
- Sticking it under a mountain is actually pretty good - Reagen Sep 17, 09:36 1
  - I'm all for it, but Harry Reid blocked our one mountain -- nm - crash davis Sep 17, 10:09
Sorry -- nm - Three Mile Island Sep 17, 07:29
Well...in Washington State the main issue was that the nukes being built were mostly to ship energy to California. -- nm - .🎡 Sep 17, 04:23 2
- most reactors overall were being made for navy vessels - zork Sep 17, 04:25 1
  - WA had those too. Bremertom had nuclear subs. - .🎡 Sep 17, 04:29

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Still, I wish people hadn't been so against nuclear back in the 70s/80s. Would have been so much less emissions and they could be replaced with renews

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