Three Mile Island, Chernobyl, Fukushima If you can GUARANTEE that nothing even APPROACHING those could EVER happen under ANY circumstances Then I will fold to Nuclear Power
Three Mile Island, Chernobyl, Fukushima If you can GUARANTEE that nothing even APPROACHING those could EVER happen under ANY circumstances Then I will fold to Nuclear Power
Coal mining releases more radiation to the biosphere than nuclear power, even taking into account nuclear accidents.
Cool So ditch coal That does not make nuclear the solution
and what are you going to replace it with? when the sun doesn't shine and the wind doesn't blow?
inb4 batteries, can you spot the batteries in this graph?
that's the world's second (maybe third idk) LARGEST battery installation. it cost A$160 million. it's a fucking rounding error on a TINY grid.
I am not going to replace one resource we can’t renew, causes cancer, poisons the land and cannot be stored or recycled with another. That waste always has to come up somehow because it will outlast literally everything else.
That waste always has to come up somehow because it will outlast literally everything else.
that's not how radioactive decay works you scientifically ignorant moron. I am begging you read a single grade school level physics book.
why do you have such strong opinions about something you obviously don't have a single fucking clue about? doesn't it get embarrassing being this fucking wrong on the internet?
anyway you didn't answer the question, where are you going to get the electricity from? while electrifying EVERYTHING? or are you one of those primmies who thinks we should dismantle industrial society? then start with yourself and log the fuck off so the rest of us don't have to suffer the displeasure of interacting with you.
If I may committ the faux pas of double posting (Maybe triple, I think I got three responses)
What I have learned tonight As I am learning much more often as I get older. Is that I have some reading to do And some high school level preconceptions to get rid of. I stopped learning about this at some point. And I spoke as if I hadn’t.
Excuse me for quoting a dead meme But they had me with facts and logic.
The only knowledge I’d ever had was stuff I’d gotten in school or thought I had absorbed better than I had. With nuclear towers as these smoke spewing monsters constently bubbling with glowing green ooze, barrel after barrel, day in and out
But then I looked at how much nuclear waste is created for a given amount of power, compared to how much oil slicked slurry is produced for the same amount of coal.
And I realized that I was staring at cold hard numbers that told me I didn’t know shit about shit. I could have dug in my heels and made myself look like some reactionary asshole with my head in the sand.
Or I could take a breath, swallow my pride. And admit I was wrong on the internet. It’s a habit I’m trying to form.
Yo, can we just all take a moment to offer fistbumps to @nitpickrider? I cannot remember the last time I saw someone be so gracious and graceful on the internet, and I am sincerely impressed.
Folks, that right there is the pinnacle of gentlemanly behavior (or gentlewomanly. or gentlethemly. you get the point.) and the model that we should all aspire to.
May I also point out that list of nuclear disasters
3 mile island: all that happened was they bricked a brand new reactor and caused a panic, the other reactor in the complex went on to have a flawless safety record
Chernobyl: a known problem with all reactors of that design, the problem was it was the height of the Cold War, inherent Soviet secrecy wouldn’t allow them to admit a problem, combine that with a lax safety culture at the plant and a he fact the test that caused it was the last thing to do before shift change
Fukushima: the sea wall was to small, they knew it was to small, they had been repeatedly warned it was to small, they built the plant in an area with a history of earthquakes and the tsunamis they cause
The problem is rarely nuclear power itself it’s people treating it flippantly, like so many things it can kill you and demands respect, we must not be complacent
It is a tool in the kit, and an increasingly important one if we want to mitigate the worst effects of climate change
🗣️THIS IS WHAT INCLUSIVE, COMPASSIONATE DEMOCRACY LOOKS LIKE
Minnesota Dems enacted a raft of laws to make the state a trans refuge, and ensure people receiving trans care here can't be reached by far-right governments in places like Florida and Texas. (link)
Minnesota Dems ensured that everyone, including undocumented immigrants, can get drivers' licenses. (link)
They made public collegefree for the majority of Minnesota families. (link)
Minnesota Dems dropped a billion dollars into a bevy of affordable housing programs, including by creating a new state housing voucher program. (link)
Minnesota Dems massively increased funding for the state's perpetually-underfunded public defenders, which lets more public defenders be hired and existing public defenders get a salary increase. (link)
Dems raised Minnesota education spending by 10%, or about 2.3 billion. (link)
Minnesota Dems created an energy standard for 100% carbon-free electricity by 2040. (link)
Minnesota already has some of the strongest election infrastructure (and highest voter participation) in the country, but the legislature just made it stronger, with automatic registration, preregistration for minors, and easier access to absentee ballots. (link)
Minnesota Dems expanded the publicly subsidized health insurance program to undocumented immigrants. This one's interesting because it's the sort of things Dems often balk at. The governor opposed it! The legislature rolled over him and passed it anyway. (link)
Minnesota Dems expanded background checks and enacted red-flag laws, passing gun safety measures that the GOP has thwarted for years. (link)
Minnesota Dems gave the state AG the power to block the huge healthcare mergers that have slowly gobbled up the state's medical system. (link)
Minnesota Dems restored voting rights to convicted felons as soon as they leave prison. (link)
Minnesota Dems made prison phone calls free. (link)
Minnesota Dems passed new wage protection rules for the construction industry, against industry resistance. (link)
Minnesota Dems created a new sales tax to fund bus and train lines, an enormous victory for the sustainability and quality of public transit. Transit be more pleasant to ride, more frequent, and have better shelters, along more lines. (link)
They passed strict new regulations on PFAS ("forever chemicals"). (link)
Minnesota Dems passed the largest bonding bill in state history! Funding improvements to parks, colleges, water infrastructure, bridges, etc. etc. etc. (link)
They're going to build a passenger train from the Twin Cities to Duluth. (link)
I can't even find a news story about it but there's tens of millions in funding for new BRT lines, too. (link)
A wonky-but-important change: Minnesota Dems indexed the state gas tax to inflation, effectively increasing the gas tax. (link)
They actually indexed a bunch of stuff to inflation, including the state's education funding formula, which helps ensure that school spending doesn't decline over time. (link)
Minnesota Dems made hourly school workers (e.g., bus drivers and paraprofessionals) eligible for unemployment during summer break, when they're not working or getting paid. (link)
Minnesota Dems passed a bunch of labor protections for teachers, including requiring school districts to negotiate class sizes as part of union contracts. (Yet another @SydneyJordanMN special here. (link)
Minnesota Dems created a state board to govern labor standards at nursing homes. (link)
Minnesota Dems created a Prescription Drug Affordability Board, which would set price caps for high-cost pharmaceuticals. (link)
Minnesota Dems created new worker protections for Amazon warehouse workers and refinery workers. (link)
Minnesota Dems passed a digital fair repair law, which requires electronics manufacturers to make tools and parts available so that consumers can repair their electronics rather than purchase new items. (link)
Minnesota Dems made Juneteenth a state holiday. (link)
They spent nearly a billion dollars on a variety of environmental programs, from heat pumps to reforestation. (link)
Minnesota Dems expanded protections for pregnant and nursing workers - already in place for larger employers - to almost everyone in the state. (link)
Minnesota Dems created a new child tax credit that will cut child poverty by about a quarter. (link)
Minnesota Democrats dropped a quick $50 million into homelessness prevention programs. (link)
And because the small stuff didn't get lost in the big stuff, they passed a law to prevent catalytic converter thefts. (link)
Minnesota Dems increased child care assistance. (link)
Minnesota Dems banned "captive audience meetings," where employers force employees to watch anti-union presentations. (link)
No news story yet, but Minnesota Dems forced signal priority changes to Twin Cities transit. Right now the trains have to wait at intersections for cars, which, I can say from experience, is terrible. Soon that will change.
Minnesota Dems provided the largest increase to nursing home funding in state history. (link)
They also bumped up salaries for home health workers, to help address the shortage of in-home nurses. (link)
Minnesota Dems legalized drug paraphernalia, which allows social service providers to conduct needle exchanges and address substance abuse with reduced fear of incurring legal action. (link)
Minnesota Dems banned white supremacists and extremists from police forces, capped probation at 5 years for most crimes, improved clemency, and mostly banned no-knock warrants. (link)
Minnesota Dems also laid the groundwork for a public health insurance option. (link)
I’m happy for the people of Minnesota, but as a Floridian living under Ron DeSantis & hateful Republicans, I’m also very envious tbh. We know that democracy can work, and this is a shining example of what government could be like in the hands of legislators who actually care about helping people in need, and not pursuing the GOP’s “culture wars” and suppressing the votes of BIPOC, and inflicting maximum harm on those who aren’t cis/het, white, wealthy, Christian males. BRAVO MINNESOTA. This is how you do it. 👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿
a cool thing about tumblr is that when an absolute dog shit dud of a post shows up in my feed i know it's not because of some nebulous algorithm, it's someone's fault and i can find them immediately
My favourite thing about the D&D movie is it never stops trying to be a D&D movie even down to the most minute, unsung details. There's initiative order gags (I'll go last!) there's rolling a 1 gags (setting off the trap on the bridge by inexplicably just walking up to it) there's stat gags (nobody had high enough Intelligence to be in danger from the Intellect Devourers). Almost every spell is identifiable, from Xenk using smite to Sofina whipping out Finger of Death. Simon's character arc is about his self-confidence being tied to his mastery of magic because Charisma is the spellcasting stat for sorcerers. The era of movies based on games being afraid of their source material is over.
This is why I honestly feel like Biden was the best possible choice in a shitty situation, even with his age and potential health issues. Because if nothing else, he is NOT REACTIONARY. He is methodical and dedicated. Do I wish he acted a little faster and with more of an eye towards progressive policies? Obviously yes. But given the choices, and given everything else that's happened, Biden has absolutely made the best of a bad situation. Sometimes you don't need a hero, you need a fucking repairman to come and just make it work until it can be fixed. And he's a damn good repairman.
This is his biggest problem unfortunately. He's the kind who "doesn't want to gloat" but he NEEDS to let people know what he's accomplishing! Most young voters are never going to see this article and just remember him "busting the strike." The Democrats need to learn how to do a victory lap.
Ahab had cherished a wild vindictiveness against the whale, all the more fell for that in his frantic morbidness he at last came to identify with him, not only all his bodily woes, but all his intellectual and spiritual exasperations. The White Whale swam before him as the monomaniac incarnation of all those malicious agencies which some deep men feel eating in them [...] all evil, to crazy Ahab, were visibly personified, and made practically assailable in Moby Dick. He piled upon the whale’s white hump the sum of all the general rage and hate felt by his whole race from Adam down; and then, as if his chest had been a mortar, he burst his hot heart’s shell upon it.
Look, maybe the reason Ishmael is so vehemently against taking the whale as an Allegory is that that's what Ahab did
