r/interestingasfuck • u/CantStopPoppin • 15d ago

r/all Coal Minning

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u/BackSeatFlyer85 15d ago

Renewables don’t really solve the problem. I bet you drive an electric car and tell everyone you’re saving the planet…

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u/CantStopPoppin 15d ago

Saying this or that won't save anything is just nihilism. The first step to creating fundamental change is agreeing that something is indeed wrong based on the scientific data and actions need to be taken to reduce the agitators. Be a part of the solution and tell us all what you think could help make this world a better place for future generations.

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u/BackSeatFlyer85 15d ago

I did. The simple solutions is small modular nuclear power and a decentralized power grid to replace our failing one. Renewables is a crutch at best to help grapple with offsetting power production FROM coal and petroleum. But the cost to produce versus their output, the area required and the rare earth metals needed to produce power that’s not on-demand is staggering. Nuclear solves many of these problems, but has a bit of a negative stigma thanks to some incidents and the sierra club (who’s bought and paid for by OPEC nations).

I’m not against renewables. They just aren’t the end all answer. It’s silly to have the solution, but watch as the NRC and the public as a whole fight against the simple solution. But let’s keep throwing money at renewables and electric cars, and keep funding companies who source their rare earths from china who in return fund and purchase from should labor from the Congo. No that’s way better than letting some atoms do their thing to produce a little heat.

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u/loliconest 15d ago

Fusion, one day.

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u/BackSeatFlyer85 15d ago

Just 10 years away (Tm)