So here I sit in the dark. Wearing flannel-lined jeans and a hoodie. And I get an email from First Energy saying if I don't conserve electricity there may be managed blackouts. WTF?
Submitted by BeltfedOne t3_zun3ee in Pennsylvania
Reply to comment by drxdrg08 in So here I sit in the dark. Wearing flannel-lined jeans and a hoodie. And I get an email from First Energy saying if I don't conserve electricity there may be managed blackouts. WTF? by BeltfedOne
There was also that time a nuclear plant melted down within a few miles of the state capitol
but yeah blame shit on the people trying to keep the earth livable for the next generation
Wasn't bad, and was managed properly.
Nuclear reactors now are hugely more efficient and safer than back then.
Wasn't bad? They literally still hand out iodine tablets to the surrounding residences every year. This area has one of the highest rates of thyroid cancer and other thyroid issues in the country.
And yeah...this
Nuclear waste is the problem. It can't be considered more efficient as long as you have nuclear waste as by-product
But it absolutely can. That radioactive waste is in some cases less toxic then coal ash. If we had fully committed to nuclear energy in the 50-70s, we could be 100% energy independent. And I still think it’ll be an incredibly important stepping stone to Fusion Reactors.
And thorium reactors that that use waste
You understand they haven’t built a new nuclear power plant since TMI, right?
Tennessee opened one in 2016, and Georgia is building another one.
Wow. What part of Pennsylvania are Tennessee and Georgia in
I stand corrected.Still not a long term solution.
There's nothing longer lasting than nuclear power
Really? Can you explain that one?
Nuclear fusion, whenever it becomes viable, is undeniably the future like it or not. It will eventually be the main source of power for everything. Solar and wind may supplement on a local level, essentially people may use them like they use generators now, but there will never be massive wind and solar farms powering everything.
Even current fission is more likely to play a much bigger role to power the country than wind or solar in the long term. I have nothing against solar panels and windmills, but anyone who believes they could replace fossil fuels entirely or in large part is living in a fantasy. Especially since fusion has so many applications beyond just powering countries.
The French power their entire country safely with nuclear power, and I assure you they are far more environmentally conscious than we are.
Though they had good intentions, the anti-nuke crowd absolutely did more harm than good.
They should have pushed strictly for MORE solar and wind, not been AGAINST nuclear. There have been how many major nuclear accidents vs how many major fossil fuel accidents? When I was a kid, an oil tanker dumped well over 200k gallons of oil into the Delaware, or when the PES refinery blew up, almost gassing south Philly. How many abandoned coal mines are poisoning our waters?
Yeah wind and solar would fix this, smh
During this latest storm there was not enough sun to produce any meaningful electricity and too much wind to run the turbines.
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