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At least half of people I talk to are strongly opposed to nuclear energy. How many are opposed to the current sources of energy as well? I wonder.

hollowturtle 8mo ago
Agree they oppose nuclear, perhaps because of the fear of the unknown radiation or whatever. Reality is all nuclear incidents combined are nothing compared to the health problems oil and gas created(not to mention political implications). To me filling a giant space with solar panels or installing giant bird killing turbines is such a moronic move when you can have unnoticeable small nuclear power plants
- kibwen 8mo ago
  > bird killing turbines If you think wind turbines are a significant cause of bird deaths it shows that you have no clue what you're talking about. Please don't bother commenting on this topic again.
  - hollowturtle 8mo ago
    Not as many as cats I certainly know that, it obiovusly was an hyperbole used to underline that all we need is just a nuclear power plant to replace all that wind turbines
    - frm88 8mo ago
      Our study, covering 45 species across 91 countries, reveals that human-induced factors—predominantly electrocution, illegal killing, and poisoning—constitute the major threats to bird mortality, highlighting a critical issue in global biodiversity conservation. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006320724000867 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S000632072... and from last year, US specific, endangered species: A comparative assessment with data from the 2010 Red List reveals an increase in the proportion of threatened species recorded as being impacted by certain threats. Notably, the incidence of hunting and trapping as a documented threat has increased from 34% to 41% of threatened species. Similarly, the proportion of species assessments with fire/fire suppression, climate change, pollution, invasive alien species and energy production have each increased by 3-5 percentage points. https://datazone.birdlife.org/articles/state-of-the-worlds-birds-2025-annual-update https://datazone.birdlife.org/articles/state-of-the-worlds-b... Wind turbines are a significantly lower threat than windows, look it up!

hollowturtle 8mo ago

Agree they oppose nuclear, perhaps because of the fear of the unknown radiation or whatever. Reality is all nuclear incidents combined are nothing compared to the health problems oil and gas created(not to mention political implications). To me filling a giant space with solar panels or installing giant bird killing turbines is such a moronic move when you can have unnoticeable small nuclear power plants

kibwen 8mo ago
> bird killing turbines If you think wind turbines are a significant cause of bird deaths it shows that you have no clue what you're talking about. Please don't bother commenting on this topic again.
- hollowturtle 8mo ago
  Not as many as cats I certainly know that, it obiovusly was an hyperbole used to underline that all we need is just a nuclear power plant to replace all that wind turbines
  - frm88 8mo ago
    Our study, covering 45 species across 91 countries, reveals that human-induced factors—predominantly electrocution, illegal killing, and poisoning—constitute the major threats to bird mortality, highlighting a critical issue in global biodiversity conservation. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006320724000867 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S000632072... and from last year, US specific, endangered species: A comparative assessment with data from the 2010 Red List reveals an increase in the proportion of threatened species recorded as being impacted by certain threats. Notably, the incidence of hunting and trapping as a documented threat has increased from 34% to 41% of threatened species. Similarly, the proportion of species assessments with fire/fire suppression, climate change, pollution, invasive alien species and energy production have each increased by 3-5 percentage points. https://datazone.birdlife.org/articles/state-of-the-worlds-birds-2025-annual-update https://datazone.birdlife.org/articles/state-of-the-worlds-b... Wind turbines are a significantly lower threat than windows, look it up!