Friedberg
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I'm not sure. I haven't thought much about what the incentives or subsidies would be.
What would be the number? I think that people have a very deep fear
What would be the number? I think that people have a very deep fear
of you know what is deemed to be cataclysmic technology i do think a lot of this was rooted in the evolution of the atomic age where we basically have these nuclear warheads mounted to missiles that can travel at 20 times the speed of sound and land on your city and wipe out your city i mean that that is also nuclear technology and people conflate the two as being similar and even three mile island there were you know no deaths it was a shocking scary thing for people but
of you know what is deemed to be cataclysmic technology i do think a lot of this was rooted in the evolution of the atomic age where we basically have these nuclear warheads mounted to missiles that can travel at 20 times the speed of sound and land on your city and wipe out your city i mean that that is also nuclear technology and people conflate the two as being similar and even three mile island there were you know no deaths it was a shocking scary thing for people but
statistically speaking and historically speaking and technically speaking, it's a lot more complicated to explain to people what happened and why and why now is different. And no one has the time for that. No one wants to hear that. They want to hear a very simple, do you really want a nuclear power plant in your backyard? No way. What about you? No way. All right, let's vote to stop it.
statistically speaking and historically speaking and technically speaking, it's a lot more complicated to explain to people what happened and why and why now is different. And no one has the time for that. No one wants to hear that. They want to hear a very simple, do you really want a nuclear power plant in your backyard? No way. What about you? No way. All right, let's vote to stop it.
Do you have any data on the safety record of nuclear technology? Because I'm not sure you do. I think my point is like, you're just making a statement out of fear.
Do you have any data on the safety record of nuclear technology? Because I'm not sure you do. I think my point is like, you're just making a statement out of fear.
You know that.
You know that.
That's not true. You're saying something that's not true.
That's not true. You're saying something that's not true.
First of all, it's not been discredited.
First of all, it's not been discredited.
It's social fear-mongering like you are doing right now with no data and no facts to try and make it a political issue that drives everyone to one side, shut their minds down, and not listen to the actual facts and data. And this fear-mongering is what keeps us from being competitive, what keeps us from having progress. You talk a lot about people talking shit about Elon.
It's social fear-mongering like you are doing right now with no data and no facts to try and make it a political issue that drives everyone to one side, shut their minds down, and not listen to the actual facts and data. And this fear-mongering is what keeps us from being competitive, what keeps us from having progress. You talk a lot about people talking shit about Elon.
There's 440 nuclear power reactors operating in 32 countries around the world. Since the time that we first had nuclear reactors, which has now been almost a century, there have been three incidents, Chernobyl, Fukushima, and Three Mile Island. At Three Mile Island, there were zero deaths. At Fukushima, there was one death, and at Chernobyl, there were 46 deaths.
There's 440 nuclear power reactors operating in 32 countries around the world. Since the time that we first had nuclear reactors, which has now been almost a century, there have been three incidents, Chernobyl, Fukushima, and Three Mile Island. At Three Mile Island, there were zero deaths. At Fukushima, there was one death, and at Chernobyl, there were 46 deaths.
The fallout from those events has been that we shut down energy production, we shut down nuclear reactor technology, and we fearmongered our way into losing the most abundant, available, low-cost source of energy. Can I just ask a question?