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by moffkalast 1260 days ago
Okay, any examples where said 'technological progress' wasn't literally spraying everything with deadly poison and giving everyone cancer?
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jefftk 1260 days ago
What about the anti-nuclear movement?
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moffkalast 1260 days ago
Maybe? There are apparently ~430 active reactors worldwide today but the number has been practically constant since the 90s. https://www.statista.com/statistics/263945/number-of-nuclear...

Likely more to do with the massive expense of building them than any movement though.

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lofatdairy 1260 days ago
If I recall Germany's anti nuclear movement is very successful and got a few shut down after Fukushima and in recent history.
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