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NNadir

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17. Thank you for sharing your opinion.
Wed Apr 29, 2026, 02:02 PM
Apr 29

I would deny the authority of anyone to assert what every energy expert thinks, because I read broadly on energy science, having spent much of my free time doing so.

There are many people who have raised questions about so called "renewable energy" and its material and land use. I've probably referenced hundreds of them here over the years

Even the antinuke Benny Sovacool, who advocated ripping the seafloor apart for minerals for this junk has begun to question himself. Recently he discovered that the California desert is actually a vibrant ecosystem. I found that surprising, because he's generally an insufferable ass in my opinion.

There is however, I agree, no panacea. It is too late for nuclear energy to do what it might have done to save what is left to save or restore what might be restored.

This world, the burning world in which we live, is the final monument to the success of antinukes. People like my son are working to pick up the pieces.

My opinion which is not subject to reversal by whining, is that nuclear energy, invented by the finest minds of the 20th century and vilified by some of the smallest minds of that century and this, was, is, and always will be, the cleanest, if imperfect, form of energy there is.

No amount of chanting at this point, at the end of my life, is likely to dissuade me from this view, developed after decades of reading and thinking for which I will not apologize.

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Oh good. After tearing the mountains to pieces for coal... NNadir Apr 29 #1
They want to... 2naSalit Apr 29 #4
Leaving big holes like this one OKIsItJustMe Apr 29 #7
In the fast neutron spectrum with the dumped thorium from lanthanide mining for... NNadir Apr 29 #10
Your insistence that "renewable energy" is not green is contradicted by the experts. OKIsItJustMe Apr 29 #12
I don't credit "Appeal to authority" arguments. NNadir Apr 29 #14
There's nothing particularly wrong with an appeal to authority. You use it all the time. OKIsItJustMe Apr 29 #16
Well ain't that nice blue-wave Apr 29 #2
Except...the next generation of EV batteries are supposed to use little to no lithium Fiendish Thingy Apr 29 #3
There's always something wonderful on the horizon. NNadir Apr 29 #5
The bulk of BC's household energy comes from hydro Fiendish Thingy Apr 29 #8
I have been writing here for over 20 years on energy. NNadir Apr 29 #11
Thank you for your opinions IMHO they resemble those of our President OKIsItJustMe Apr 29 #19
Thank you for the guilt by association fallacy. Let's go full Godwin. NNadir Apr 29 #20
No guilt by association intended OKIsItJustMe Apr 29 #21
Oh, I sure hope I'm the "hydrogen will save us" moron you refer to. thought crime Apr 29 #23
No, I wasn't thinking of you. If however you wish to... NNadir Thursday #24
Do you know how to use search engines? OKIsItJustMe Apr 29 #9
Well if one doesn't give a shit about the laws of thermodyamics, one could... NNadir Apr 29 #13
Your response to evidence is belligerent denial of the truth OKIsItJustMe Apr 29 #15
Thank you for sharing your opinion. NNadir Apr 29 #17
I'm sorry, I should have said "virtually" every expert OKIsItJustMe Apr 29 #18
There's always some technology on the horizon that will supposedly save our asses from the fire. hunter Apr 29 #6
Yes, we just have to do it. thought crime Apr 29 #22
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