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The current blackouts in Texas reminded me that AOC’s Green New Deal doesn’t take nuclear energy into consideration for our future. I’ve seen some pretty high profile people, like Bill Gates and Beto O’Rourke, point out that what‘s going on in Texas could be prevented by developing nuclear energy. I realize that once you have nuclear you can never get rid of it because it takes forever to break down, but it is carbon free. Some countries like France are heavily dependent on nuclear.
Obviously a lot of people have safety concerns around nuclear, but isn’t that mostly fear-mongering? If we build new nuclear power plants and maintain them, safety shouldn’t be much of an issue. What happened at the nuclear power plant in Japan during the 2011 earthquake and tsunami was because it was old and not well-maintained.
Obviously a lot of people have safety concerns around nuclear, but isn’t that mostly fear-mongering? If we build new nuclear power plants and maintain them, safety shouldn’t be much of an issue. What happened at the nuclear power plant in Japan during the 2011 earthquake and tsunami was because it was old and not well-maintained.