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Sunhawk posted...

The image of environmentalists is abysmal. People hate them, and rightly so. I mean, obviously the environment is worth saving - since we live in it - but their beliefs and tactics are really bad. I don't think they hear how they sound.

You know, they're building a big new nuclear plant near where I live in Britain. Hinkley Point C. My only real problems with this new power plant is that it will take years to build, and is costing something like 20 billion pounds, I think. It's a shame nuclear power plants are SO expensive to build, but they last for maybe 50 years, and can actually be used for longer than that, although it's not neccesarily a good idea.

Green energy power production is a joke. Solar panels and wind turbines don't seem to produce much power at all. Hydroelectric power is really good though (I'll admit that much).

You lost me with your last few sentences. Wind and solar aren't a joke - they are actually some of the cheapest forms of power available in most regions even without subsidies. Wind and solar are more likely to play an increasingly large role going forward than nuclear. Like you said, nuclear is very expensive, as there is a huge amount of bureaucracy and red tape that goes into building new nuclear plants. In an ideal world this wouldn't be the case, but given the status quo, it is unlikely that nuclear will play a big role going forward.

Here's an article about how cheap wind and solar have become. Most people don't realize the rapid rate of cost reduction that has been going on over the past 10 years.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/mikescott/2018/11/21/want-the-cheapest-electricity-build-solar-and-wind-farms-not-coal-power-plants/#289c91e866ce
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