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Discussion question- do folkx here consider nuclear clean and/or green? (self.energy)

submitted 2 years ago by Nirile to c/energy

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As the title says, I'm interested in this community's perceptions on nuclear energy.

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[–] greengnu 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

unfortunately we will run into Jevon's paradox: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jevons_paradox

It isn't the making of more efficient things (which we should do)

It is the changing of human attitudes towards consumption that we need to solve.

[–] monobot@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Interesting read about Jevons paradox, thanks for the link.

I know that we don't want to reduce our comfort, but there are ways to keep it and reduce energy demand, or reduce comfort just a little but (ex. using small cars).

[–] greengnu 1 points 2 years ago

well if we encourage proper mass transit, then people wouldn't need to spend money on liabilities (cars) and we could have substantial improvements in reducing our total energy demand while providing greater mobility and transportation access to those most desperately in need.