Live updates from the Republican debate courtesy of USA Today if you don’t want to give Fox the views.

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    1 year ago

    Nuclear is the only thing that has a prayer of stopping climate change. It’s the only way we can produce clean energy at the scale we need.

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      1 year ago

      No single thing can stop climate change. Every solution will be required. Nuclear is too expensive and takes too long to build to be a sole solution. There is no “only thing that can stop climate change”.

      • Zippy@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        Nuclear only takes time and is expensive because it has been so hamstrung, building up that industry and expertise takes time. China is popping then it cookie cutter far cheaper. Start building then constantly not only will the price come down significantly, safety will increase.

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      1 year ago

      To be clear, we’re not stopping climate change. The climate has changed.

      We want to stop climate change from destroying all of humanity. Unfortunately, many people are OK with climate change destroying some of humanity, because it doesn’t affect them.

      I’m also going to quibble with “the scale we need.” What we need and what we want are two different scales, and we can’t even agree to cut back to what we need. I’m not talking about personal accountability, I’m talking about on a global scale, there’s no consensus on the need to produce or consume less. Small things we all do are great, but corporations are at the helm of the ship and they will find a way to sell iceberg chunks to chill cocktails.