The two sources of energy don't have to be competition. Those on either side trying to make that happen are just defeating the fight against fossil fuels. They want the squabbling to distract from their dominance.

[–] starlinguk@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Nuclear is expensive and produces a shit ton of waste. Green energy is cheap and produces way less waste.

And don't start on "but green energy can't produce enough energy" when people who have solar panels are being fucking punished for producing "too much" energy while the local fossil fuel run power station can produce however much it likes.

[–] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Nuclear doesn't produce all that much waste compared to how much energy you get out of it especially with modern reactors. Sure what you get out can be highly radioactive with a half life shorter than a Victorian child miners life expectancy, but we can contain that relatively easily or just drop it onto Utah nothing of worth outside of a couple parks going on there.

[–] realitista@lemmus.org 1 points 57 seconds ago

Burning coal puts more nuclear waste into the atmosphere than nuclear does. Nuclear causes less deaths than pretty much all power sources, even some green ones.

Until coal and gas have been done away with completely, nuclear is a better option .