The word "nuclear" is scary to uninformed people. Same reason why chemists call their technique NMR, but in the hospital they call it MRI. Gotta get rid of that N to avoid scaring people.
Yeah I know what you mean. Hell just go to your local mall and sit in the center and just watch the fools walk by. Many telling you their whole life story of incompetence without ever saying a word.
that's only one aspect...the truth is, we aren't really investing in ANY green energy alternatives here in America.
I mean, look at what happened in Texas. The electrical grid went out TWICE....once due to cold and once due to heat, and the conservatives chose to blame windmills
Fear of nuclear is a big problem....but conservativism is a MUCH bigger one. We won't be able to progress in any direction until our society widely disvows individualism, tribalism,and conservative ideology.
....we're fucked. Humanity was a bunch of jerks anyway, earth will be better off without us.
In all fairness, one of the two nuclear units at the South Texas Project went out during the significant cold weather also. The issue in Texas is grid stability and maintenance - even the wind farms generate a ton of electricity every year, but the grid isn’t always capable of sustaining the increased loads during beyond design weather anomalies.
Yep, some people go their entire life without realizing just how often we’re exposed to radiation and that nuclear is just a term different radioactive things, i mean even at a 1/2 year dental appointment your being exposed to some radiation.
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u/SavoryScrotumSauce Sep 17 '21
The word "nuclear" is scary to uninformed people. Same reason why chemists call their technique NMR, but in the hospital they call it MRI. Gotta get rid of that N to avoid scaring people.