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Originally Posted by Mathgod
The environmental movement is not responsible for Putin's actions. Putin is responsible for Putin's actions.
The Fukushima disaster caused a lot of worry, concern, and angst regarding nuclear power and nuclear reactors in general. Unfortunately this fear spread around the world much faster than the facts of what actually happened and why. The unfortunate result of that was a rollback in nuclear power in some countries (and possibly more rollbacks coming). Is the environmental movement partially to blame for this? Admittedly so. But on some level you can't blame them for worrying about what happens at nuclear reactors when worst case scenarios become reality. Huge releases of radioactive material, and entire swaths of earth becoming uninhabitable for thousands of years...
That said, proper plant design and safety measures can prevent this with very nearly 100% certainty. Unfortunately, proper measures were not taken in Fukushima and Chernobyl.
For the record, I'm very much in favor of humanity getting its power from modern and properly run nuclear reactors as a stop-gap until renewables devlop to the point where they can power the world.
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Not sure what point you're trying to make. If I see a reckless driver kill someone on the road, my solution shouldn't be to get rid of all cars.
Poor nuclear plant design shouldn't render the entire idea of nuclear power inoperable. I don't even understand the hesitancy, considering nuclear power has been proven to be extremely safe. Hell, the US military has been using it to power subs & carriers for years without issue. Of course that isn't the issue here. The issue is the activist agenda has hijacked a movement where the end result is we'll burn more coal instead of less.
As someone who is excited about human advancement in energy technology, it sure is frustrating to see the activist green morons take a giant #### on everything the human race has built the last 10-15 years in terms of energy production.