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hunter

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8. In a rational nation it would be much easier to replace coal power plants with nuclear power plants.

Reply to Uncle Joe (Original post)

Tue May 14, 2024, 11:39 AM

May 2024

There's more than enough gas in the ground to destroy the natural world as we know it, and likely destroy our world civilization too.

It's best we leave that gas in the ground.

It's not impossible. France built nuclear power plants and shut down its last coal mine two decades ago.

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