A majority of Americans (57%) say they favor more nuclear power plants to generate electricity in the country, up from 43% who said this in 2020.

When asked about the federal government’s role, 41% of Americans say it should encourage the production of nuclear power.

Let’s get those new construction contracts signed!

  • schroedingershat@lemmy.world
    246·
    1 year ago

    Fossil fuel and monopoly utility owners desperately trying to direct resources away from the thing killing their profits to something they know is ineffective with astroturfing campaign. Fox news watchers parroting what they’re told.

    News at 11

    • lntlOP
      63·
      1 year ago

      The one trick big carbon doesn’t want you to know about!

      Confuse the only contenders to fight each other and maximize your profit while they decide whose “right”

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      • schroedingershat@lemmy.world
        127·
        1 year ago

        There’s only one contender, buddy. This “if only you’d stop fighting and just direct 10x the resources at a non-solution” schtick is even stupider than the rest of the lies.

        The nuclear industry is owned by the same people as big carbon. The only people parroting this garbage are the same people that have been pushing coal and climate denial.

        • lntlOP
          33·
          1 year ago

          Yikes! It’s not about sticking it to the man. I don’t care who owns the nuclear industry.

          I care about leaving an atmosphere to the children. Nothing can get in the way of that.

            • lntlOP
              12·
              1 year ago

              It’s simply not about the industry.

              • schroedingershat@lemmy.world
                2·
                1 year ago

                Why is gifting grifters trillions of dollars to make negligible impact on climate change in response to a fossil industry marketing campaign not about the grifters or the fossil industry?

                • lntlOP
                  12·
                  1 year ago

                  Because it’s about the atmosphere. If we need more money, we’ll just print it like always. This is such a silly point you’re tryna make.

                  • schroedingershat@lemmy.world
                    21·
                    1 year ago

                    Money represents resources and labour.

                    The 5GW of distributed or utility solar uses less mass and less of every individual element than the 1GW nuclear reactor except for Silicon and Oxygen (the most abundant things). 3GW of wind requires much less of everything except concrete (and the gap is closing rapidly).

                    1000 people (including the underpaid factory workers and the upstream supply chain) working for a year can produce, ship and install the utility PV or 2-3 years for distributed, but it takes the same workforce a decade for the NPP just at the construction site (excluding the underpaid miners in Uzbekistan or Niger).

                    You’re also presupposing results that have never happened historically and are incredibly easy for the fossil fuel industry (who are pushing this) to delay or sabotage.