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Well...The funny thing is somebody on this board on another thread, and I forget who, actually advocated for nuclear power as part of the green energy industrialization of America. I am pretty sure there are no more diametrically opposed ideas than that. I really do not have a problem with it as long as we site select to minimize Mother Nature throwing whammies at our plants as much as possible.
Apart from the radioactive waste output that has to be stored somewhere and the miniscule chance of accident, nuclear power probably IS greener than coal, oil, natural gas, or any of those fossil fuels.
Might even be greener than solar and wind power, possibly even water, because it basically requires only an area in which to build a facility, whereas solar would require FAR greater land area to generate the same amount of power, wind power has the same issue as well as being a noise pollutant and a danger to some flying creatures, and water power tends to mess up the ecology of the waterway on which it is built…
But then, I’m no expert on these things, so I probably missed something.