this is a subject that the USA gov and China even agree on. It is such a shame westerners have such a negative reaction to nuclear energy. but it isn't as profitable as fossil fuels/selling new electric cars so :meow-shining:

https://www.energy.gov/ne/articles/advantages-and-challenges-nuclear-energy

https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202106/1227103.shtml

  • fed [none/use name]
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    3 years ago

    we can not supply the global energy consumers with renewables currently, let alone the 1 billion people on earth that currently do not have access to electricity that will in the coming decades. they also take up a much larger area, solar takes up 75x more space and wind takes up 360x as nuclear

    3 million solar panels = 1 reactor