Give or take a battleship or two...or twelve...or maybe, a deposed democracy here or there.
"...and the coal industry even cheaper power for several centuries."
Give or take slavery in the coal mines (did it officially end before 1900 in Scotland, of after?) and the deaths and destruction that it causes consequential to its use.
But yeah, greater than nukes on the list of horrible solutions, badly implemented. Never underestimate their intelligence, always underestimate their knowledge.
Frank Delaney ~ Ireland
Did that DCP (delivered cheap power) include the costs of delivered-drums-of-nuclear-waste-to-Siberia-to-eventually-be-refined-but-until-then-just-left-on-a-r ailway-siding-or-in-this-open-unguarded-field?
Snark aside, EDF, or the French establishment and mentality mostly got it right. But nukes are a problem, and they will be bigger problems as water for cooling becomes more scarce, and the reality of 'future solutions to mitigate the waste' gets pushed back further and further.
Further, as time goes on, we constantly see that people will break even the most iron-clad policies and make the entire group suffer. Never underestimate their intelligence, always underestimate their knowledge.
As i sniffle at my desk, i'm glad i'm not out there.
remember, this is video, so the images change from this post. But it sure looks sunny and sweet. "Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." - Anaïs Nin
