sanitation@lemmy.radio to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoPeople Would Rather Have Nuclear Power Plants In Their Area Than AI Data Centerswww.forbes.comexternal-linkmessage-square188linkfedilinkarrow-up1984arrow-down112
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minus-squareramenshaman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·14 hours agoI think nuclear power safety has improved significantly over what they had in the USSR 40 years ago.
minus-squarelemmydividebyzero@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·10 hours agoThat’s fine, but even if it was 100% safe, a centralized energy source can be taken over (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zaporizhzhia_Nuclear_Power_Plant#2022_Russian_occupation_of_the_plant) or destroyed (like a lot of other Ukrainian energy infrastructure) and then, people are without energy. Decentralized energy solves that problem. Destroying or taking over 1 nuclear power plant is far easier than taking over or destroying the solar panels on every house in a country.
I think nuclear power safety has improved significantly over what they had in the USSR 40 years ago.
That’s fine, but even if it was 100% safe, a centralized energy source can be taken over (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zaporizhzhia_Nuclear_Power_Plant#2022_Russian_occupation_of_the_plant) or destroyed (like a lot of other Ukrainian energy infrastructure) and then, people are without energy. Decentralized energy solves that problem.
Destroying or taking over 1 nuclear power plant is far easier than taking over or destroying the solar panels on every house in a country.