With climate change looming, it seems so completely backwards to go back to using it again.

Is it coal miners pushing to keep their jobs? Fear of nuclear power? Is purely politically motivated, or are there genuinely people who believe coal is clean?

Edit, I will admit I was ignorant to the usage of coal nowadays.

Now I’m more depressed than when I posted this

  • hoshikarakitaridia@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    As people pointed out in another thread, nuclear energy is NOT the future and also a really bad short term solution,so countries like Germany are going back to coal short term to make the transitions to renewables in the meantime.

    It’s not a great solution, but without Nordstream, there’s really not much else more sensible to do right now, just to make the transition.

      • AnAngryAlpaca@feddit.de
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        1 year ago
        • It takes 20 years to build
        • nobody knows how much nuclear fuel will cost in 20 years
        • you have to take out a big loan and make interest payments on it for maybe 30 years before you start making a profit
        • if you don’t have enough water for cooling because of climate change, the plant must shut down
        • if your neighbor decides to start a war against you, your nuclear plants become a liability, see Ukraine.

        I think smaller, decentralized renewable energy is cheaper in the short and long run and has a much lower risk in case of accidents, natural Desasters or attacks.