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NNadir

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2. These numbers, which I often reference, demonstrate conclusively what forms of energy...
Thu May 15, 2025, 10:06 AM
May 15

...are effective at addressing extreme global heating. The ironic or depressing thing is that amount of resources directed at supporting so called "renewable energy" is roughly ten times larger that the amount spent on supporting and developing nuclear energy.

Years ago, before the reactionary "renewable energy" experiment was undertaken antinukes used to tell me that if the same amount of money was spent on wind and solar as was being spent on nuclear, energy nirvana would break out.

Here we are, decades later, trillions upon trillions of dollars sunk into solar and wind. The result is a planet in flames. I wouldn't call this nirvana. These remarks should not be taken a schadenfreude. We all cook together.

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