[CamperBob2]

Once there was a remote mountaintop monastery, nestled high in the clouds above a deep gorge. To reach the monastery, visitors were required to ride in a basket pulled up from the top. One day, halfway up the cliff, a tourist frowned at the condition of the rope. He asked his guide, "How often do they replace this rope, anyway?" The monk answered "Why, as soon as the old one breaks, of course."

[MostlyStable]

Once there was a remote mountaintop monastery, nestled high in the clouds above a deep gorge. To reach the monastery, visitors were required to ride in a basket pulled up from the top, after paying the ticket fee for the ride. One day, halfway up the cliff, a tourist noticed the sparkling condition of the titanium cable upon which they were suspended. He asked his guide, why did it cost me ten years salary to take this ride? The monk answered "If we didn't charge that much, we couldn't replace the cable after every trip". The tourist asked "is that really necessary"? The monk replied "Well, we used to use a hand woven hemp rope, and it broke once during a trip. We wouldn't want that to happen again, now would we?"

[namdnay]

Ah yes hence all those nuclear meltdowns in France

[CamperBob2]

Point being, it's stupid to refrain from building new nuclear plants because they're "dangerous", because that forces the old plants to be operated far past their intended service life. Better to replace the rope before it breaks, so to speak.

In a rational world, those who believe atomic energy is inherently scary would be the first ones demanding that the old plants be replaced.

[elil17]

> Once there was a remote mountaintop monastery, nestled high in the clouds above a deep gorge. To reach the monastery, visitors were required to ride in a basket pulled up from the top. One day, halfway up the cliff, a tourist frowned at the condition of the rope. He asked his guide, "How often do they replace this rope, anyway?" The monk answered "We have a large team of monks who continuously monitor the rope using advanced technology. We actually invented the field of reliability analysis to help us keep this rope safe. If we notice anything wrong with the rope, we immediately repair it. The rope is guarded by heavily armed guards to make sure no one sabotages it."

FTFY