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[–] Soundhole@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It's not that I'm not willing to change my mind, it's that I'm hugely suspicious of the recent push for Nuclear. Energy companies dumped massive amounts of money into the technology and want to see a return on those failed investments. So I am skeptical that there's not some astroturfing and/or disinformation going on.

That said, when I was doing the research, I was looking up Fast Fusion, not Breeder Reactors so I'll look into it.

Also, your point about using nuclear to phase out of coal and into renewable has merit, but I think there's a danger that we get stuck on nuclear as it becomes easier/cheaper than coal and so development in green tech, like batteries, languishes for another four decades or whatever.

Anyways, I'll look into breeder reactors and, who knows, maybe have a change of heart (maybe).