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What's some really unpopular opinion you have? (lemmings.world)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Most of the time when people say they have an unpopular opinion, it turns out it's actually pretty popular.

Do you have some that's really unpopular and most likely will get you downvoted?

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

Statistically nuclear is by far the safest form of power generation. Of course, it would be good to locate it in areas that are not disaster prone. As far as I understand it though, the issue with nuclear is the cost. But in a perfect world we would need something to smooth out the inconsistency of renewables, either battery tech or something like nuclear that you can turn on and off as needed.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Think less Fukushima and more Texas power grid.

And yeah it is safe, but if it becomes unsafe for whichever reason, it becomes really unsafe. I just don't trust humans to not eventually something stupid.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Well the problem with the Texas power grid is that it exists in the first place. Still, when it comes to safety, you have to multiply how bad it is by the number of people it will affect, and divide by the amount of power generated to get the right picture. There is a media bias towards rare, intense events which causes people to think they are more common than they really are. This explains people's views on nuclear power, school shootings, terrorism, shark attacks etc.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

My views are based on knowing the kind of people who are missing fingers from overriding safety features but they still do it

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Take a look at this video by real engineering. He talks about the future of nuclear power and is quite relevant to your "turn on and off as needed".

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