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Btw I’m a non-binary trans person [they/she/he].
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solo@piefed.socialto Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.net•Can we afford to be afraid of nuclear power?English61·4 days agoThe way I see things, the unsafe part is more related to how capitalism works, more than anything else. Capitalism is not a safe system.
Super-briefly, time and money related to: planning, maintenance, decommissioning, and last but not least, nuclear waste.
Imo and due to climate emergency, we’d be better putting the money that would go for nuclear towards renewables. Let’s keep in mind that numerous nuclear projects were funded with enormous amounts of money for 10-20 years, to be abandoned before producing any electricity.
Just a few relevant links:
solo@piefed.socialOPto Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.net•Company's carbon credits raise questions about unproven ocean technology to fight global warmingEnglish5·8 days agoIt’s a buy your right to pollute scheme.
To my understanding, the overwhelmingly vast majority of carbon offsets and carbon credits are at best ineffective or at worst just scams. Consequently, they lead to more emissions and are used to delay the phasing out of fossil fuels.
solo@piefed.socialto Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.net•The National Weather Service issues Alaska’s first ever heat advisoryEnglish2·9 days agoOf course, it’s not normal for such high temperatures so early in the summer, or for them to occur more and more often. I’m not implying we are used to climate change, just that we are used to much hotter weather than other people.
solo@piefed.socialto Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.net•The National Weather Service issues Alaska’s first ever heat advisoryEnglish1·9 days agoI could say it depends on what one is used to. For example, yesterday the temperature here was 37°C, and the app was saying Real feel 40.6°C. We get 29°C only at night and it feels almost like a breeze. And the tough part of the summer isn’t here yet.
For socialism in the context of the so-called communist countries, I agree with you.
For socialism in the context of the nordic model, I am not sure because I am not well informed about how they have handled nuclear power.
Edit: Regardless of the past, it’s capitalism that has prevailed globally for now, so currently this is what we have to deal with.