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Environment & Energy

DemocracyForever

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1. Nuclear power is not green!

Reply to NNadir (Original post)

Thu Jun 25, 2026, 01:11 PM

Yesterday

No one has figured out how to dispose of the highly toxic nuclear waste. Nuclear power is more expensive than wind and solar. I fear that the well funded nuclear power industry is becoming the fossil fuel industry of the 21st century.

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Energy Production and Use Graphics: Sankey Diagrams of the World, Germany, and France. [View all] NNadir Yesterday OP

Nuclear power is not green! DemocracyForever Yesterday #1

Nuclear power is the ONLY sustainable form of energy left to us. This year, 7 million people will die from... NNadir Yesterday #2

Wind and Solar are certainly sustainable forms of energy - and economical. thought crime 18 hrs ago #5

Still ignoring toxic nuclear waste DemocracyForever 4 hrs ago #7

Um, I contend that so called "nuclear waste" doesn't exist but is rather... NNadir 3 hrs ago #8

Spoken by a non engineer DemocracyForever 3 hrs ago #9

This message was self-deleted by its author Finishline42 20 hrs ago #3

Here's someone that agrees with you Finishline42 20 hrs ago #4

In general, the use of the logical fallacy "Poisoning the Well" demonstrates weak rhetorical abilities. NNadir 10 hrs ago #6