[imnotlost]

Just build a bunch of nuclear power plants around the world. If we can spend a trillion or two bombing the taliban back into power we can afford some energy projects.

[mcv]

Nuclear power plants are expensive and take time to build, though. At the moment we're still burning way too much oil and coal for our energy, and everything that drives up demand, contributes to that.

[melling]

We’ve had 40 years and we’re still burning all the coal Carl Sagan warned us about.

https://youtu.be/Wp-WiNXH6hI?si=3uhneUSoiZaUKS9M

So, after 40 years I’m a little tired of hearing it takes too long to build nuclear power plants.

On the bright side, we’ve almost reached peak coal:

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/dec/18/coal-use-to...

[melling]

Greenpeace is likely opposed to that.

[fragmede]

> Nuclear energy has no place in a safe, clean, sustainable future.

https://www.greenpeace.org/usa/climate/issues/nuclear/

[zekrioca]

Why do you think this “easy solution” would work?