sv1sjp@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 years agoYoung climate activist tells Greenpeace to drop ‘old-fashioned’ anti-nuclear stancewww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square1076linkfedilinkarrow-up12.39Karrow-down10
arrow-up12.39Karrow-down1external-linkYoung climate activist tells Greenpeace to drop ‘old-fashioned’ anti-nuclear stancewww.theguardian.comsv1sjp@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 years agomessage-square1076linkfedilink
minus-squareSpecal@lemmy.worldBannedlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·3 years agoChernobyl was a worst case scenario. It has affected millions of people and will have an unknown death toll due to the inability to measure it. It’s still less harmful than any non renewal able energy source. Nuclear is a safe, intermediate bandaid while we find a long term solution.
minus-squareSemi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 years agoThis was true a decade ago but since then renewables have plummeted in price. Solar is 5x cheaper than it was a decade ago. Nuclear, meanwhile, has gone up in price by 50%.
Chernobyl was a worst case scenario. It has affected millions of people and will have an unknown death toll due to the inability to measure it.
It’s still less harmful than any non renewal able energy source.
Nuclear is a safe, intermediate bandaid while we find a long term solution.
This was true a decade ago but since then renewables have plummeted in price. Solar is 5x cheaper than it was a decade ago. Nuclear, meanwhile, has gone up in price by 50%.