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[–] umad_cause_ibad@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Don’t push nuclear power like it’s the only option though.

Where I live we entirely provide energy from hydro power plants and nuclear energy is banned. We use no fossil fuels. We have a 35 year plan for future growth and it doesn’t include any fossil fuels. Nuclear power is just one of the options and it has many hurdles to implement, maintain and decommission.

[–] dojan@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

My country, Sweden, also gets a decent chunk of power from hydro. Back in 2021, about 43% was hydroelectric, and 31% was nuclear.

[–] Astrealix@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Honestly, if you can, hydro is brilliant. Not many places can though — both because of geography and politics. Nuclear is better than a lot of the alternatives and shouldn't be discounted.

[–] EMPig@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And what do YOU know about radioactive waste disposal?

[–] Astrealix@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I know it's a damn lot easier than carbon recapture, if we're talking waste products. It's not ideal, but there is no such thing as perfect, and we shouldn't let that be the enemy of good. Nuclear fission power is part of a large group of methods to help us switch off fossil fuels.