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Nuclear isn't perfect, but it is the best we have right now. (lemmy.world)

submitted 7 months ago by spicytuna62 to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Sorry, I wasn't clear.
There is a significant amount of real estate for solar panels that won't require any land cleaning, if policy paved the way for it. Total rooftop area in a city and surrounding area is not a small amount, it's not all high density housing.

You also don't need to go all-in on solar, or rooftop solar. You can also have wind farms. You can also have solar farms (which now wouldn't need to be as large).

And I never pretended that this was the best solution everywhere. There are places where nuclear absolutely makes more sense. Landlocked countries that have dark winters and no plains, for example.