Youtube:https://youtu.be/d9uTH0iprVQ
A well made video and a needed dose of optimism.
The next decade will be a deciding moment for us.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez shares her hopeful vision for the Green New Deal
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Youtube:https://youtu.be/d9uTH0iprVQ
A well made video and a needed dose of optimism.
The next decade will be a deciding moment for us.
Has she backtracked on her anti-nuclear power stance? Her Green New Deal is a bandaid on a bullet wound without nuclear power.
Cool video. I'd love to see it happen (well, except for the Miami under water thing, that would be a bummer)
I doubt it
Nuclear either needs a brand new flagship or Fusion breakthrough to make a comeback
Large Scale LWRs (even if they find a way to make them cheaper) are still a tough sell
As someone who is for nuclear in the medium-short term, isn't the idea with GND to transition off of nuclear, ie not expanding it through "sustainable investments" and not labeling it "green" (eg. this is what ie EU's taxonomy on "sustainable assets" (which excludes nuclear) directed at investors implicate) and try to speed up R&D investments into alternative energy sources (while not "banning" nuclear) - the last time I checked the NGD it only mentions "clean, renewable, and zero-emission energy sources" - rather than particular tech. Not being "pro-" is not necessarily the same as being "anti-". Compare how GND documents are clearly "anti" fossil fuels while ambiguous about nuclear...
That's the thing, we need to be expanding nuclear. Building more plants in geologically stable areas. Solar and wind is great for localized systems, but we need nuclear for mass power. We need to be investing in nuclear research to make molten salt reactors a reality. We need to invest more in fusion research.
Fusion has significant public and private research
Fission less so but its there. Haven't seen update on new fission breakthroughs in quite some time. Maybe ill hunt around and figure out where we are at currently
Markey gave an interview with Vox where he teared down a lot of the criticisms aimed toward the GND, including it being anti-nuclear.
https://www.vox.com/energy-and-envi...06596/green-new-deal-climate-change-ed-markey
https://www.vox.com/energy-and-envi...06596/green-new-deal-climate-change-ed-markey
Good luck getting enough nuclear power deployed in a decades time.
considering most ongoing EPRs have construction times close to 10 years that's a given...
just for disclosure, what part of the actual GND text strikes you as anti-nuclear?
Assuming no delays and not to mention that fossil fuels will still be burned that entire time.
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Thanks for this, it's a good read.
The GND is activating a conversation we should have been having ages ago, but I'm glad it's here.
That was great. I don't understand how the other side disagrees with these ideals that are focused on helping people and making the world better for everyone.
They don't want a better world for everyone.
To them life is a pyramid with the big winners at the top and the rest toward the bottom. That's "normal".
Because if you're at the bottom then you deserve it, want to move up? Work harder.