lwe

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[–] lwe@feddit.org 2 points 2 weeks ago

It's a fair point to argue from that perspective. But at least in Europe I don't hear a lot of people planning to build new coal power plants. Germany certainly wants to continue mining coal for some asine reason but definitely no new plants. Solar requires materials but recoupes relatively quickly and wind has also quite a few noise and light pollution issues. But they are both better alternatives to any nuclear generator, even if we add the energy storage on top.

[–] lwe@feddit.org 22 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (31 children)

And I assume the energy companies will be footing the bill from construction till deconstruction and long term storage, the later two as a trustee deposit, on their own without any state subsidies. Given that all the pro-nuclear folk always tout so many benefits to nuclear, this should be a non-issue and be very profitable.

[–] lwe@feddit.org 11 points 3 weeks ago

Note that this was about a diseases a little more serious than a little cough. Mostly tuberculosis, also helping with insomnia from the same.

More on that: https://medicine.yale.edu/news/yale-medicine-magazine/article/from-cough-medicine-to-deadly-addiction-a-century/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11862675/