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marknutter
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U.S. is now the world’s biggest oil and gas produc...
Why wouldn't pragmatism produce the results needed? Moving over to Nuclear Power would, without a doubt, solve the climate crisis. Granted, it would introduce other challenges, but we're talking about the lesser of two evils here.
mikeash
on Oct 7, 2013
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I don't think a rapid wholesale move to nuclear power is any more pragmatic than a rapid move to cut average per capita energy consumption in half.
marknutter
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One solution requires the economy to stall, the other does not. Take your best guess as to which one will have better public support.
mikeash
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Is there a point to ranking impractical solutions?
marknutter
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Impractical, yet exactly what France did..
mikeash
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In a different age, when public opinion on nuclear energy was substantially different.
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