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by panny 335 days ago
>Obviously spilling trillions of tons of poison into the air, water, and soil year after year for over a century is causing problems

CO2 is poison to you, but it's how all plants grow. And we need plants.

I'm disappointed that the article is so poor. It merely rehashes talking points from one side. It doesn't even touch on the core argument made by the other side. The argument made by every climate activist at the end of the day. The n-word. Nuclear. Every argument about climate change always comes back to

>We can't keep using fossil fuels, and renewables aren't enough energy. We need nuclear!

The entire climate change problem was designed with a nuclear solution in mind. And the nuclear solution is a trap. Centralize all energy generation in the hands of a powerful few, and outlaw other forms of energy. No Iran, you cannot have nuclear energy, you must buy it from the few powerful people who get to control it. No John American, you cannot generate your own energy, don't be silly. Now open your wallet and buy nuclear, at whatever price we set.