• njordomir@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    That’s an interesting way to look at it. If it’s not just about the power and the cost, there are actually a lot of other factors that we have glossed over.

    Solar is cooperative and local while nuclear necessitates centralization. In a nuclear future, large nuclear generating corporations are the sellers and we are the buyers. In a solar future, we pool and exchange our power depending on current production ability and current electric need… comrade.

    • HugeNerd@lemmy.ca
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      1 day ago

      Yes, but the bonanza of fossil fuels that rocket-propelled humanity from 1859 onwards with chemicals and pesticides and fertilizer is not sustainable with only renewable energy and resources.

      For example:

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Revolution

      You think things are kind of uncomfortable now wrt inflation and fuel prices? Oh hold on, it’s not going to get better!