GreyShuck@feddit.uk to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 10 months agoUK government sets out plans for ‘biggest nuclear power expansion in 70 years’www.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square24fedilinkarrow-up183arrow-down11
arrow-up182arrow-down1external-linkUK government sets out plans for ‘biggest nuclear power expansion in 70 years’www.theguardian.comGreyShuck@feddit.uk to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square24fedilink
minus-squareDeceptichum@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·10 months agoRamping up nuclear is not instant and is not ideal because it causes more waste by altering the working lifetime of the fuel.
minus-squarenonailsleft@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 months agoEven then it’s preferable to gas
minus-squareNaich@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-210 months agoThey should have been ramping it up 20 years ago. Short-termism fucks us again. Better late than never, I suppose.
minus-squareDeceptichum@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·10 months agoGas is not a renewable or green.
minus-squarenonailsleft@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months ago… So what do you when there’s no wind or sun?
Ramping up nuclear is not instant and is not ideal because it causes more waste by altering the working lifetime of the fuel.
Even then it’s preferable to gas
They should have been ramping it up 20 years ago. Short-termism fucks us again. Better late than never, I suppose.
Gas is not a renewable or green.
… So what do you when there’s no wind or sun?