jeffw@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agoWhy Germany ditched nuclear before coal—and why it won’t go backarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square117fedilinkarrow-up191arrow-down15
arrow-up186arrow-down1external-linkWhy Germany ditched nuclear before coal—and why it won’t go backarstechnica.comjeffw@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square117fedilink
minus-squaretheonyltruemupf@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 months agoIt won’t have been long for a long time now. It’s not a feasible concept to rely on a maybe. We need massive amounts of clean energy now and the way to do that now is water, wind and solar. If these wonder reactors are one day reality that’s great.
minus-squareAux@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·6 months agoThe problem is that instead of investing into dumb renewables, we should’ve invested in nuclear decades ago. Now we have to play catch up.
It won’t have been long for a long time now. It’s not a feasible concept to rely on a maybe. We need massive amounts of clean energy now and the way to do that now is water, wind and solar. If these wonder reactors are one day reality that’s great.
The problem is that instead of investing into dumb renewables, we should’ve invested in nuclear decades ago. Now we have to play catch up.