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Comment Obobmber killed Venezuela (Score -1) 39

Even Fox News hailed Venezuela's economy before Obama decided it had to be destroyed to protect the petrodollar.

because they're a dictatorship

Even a non-dictator would have had Juan Guido shot for treason. Instead Maduro (checks notes) gave him a security detail to keep him safe from mobs. Some "dictator".

But the reason Venezuela is hurting so much is because it's a small country and they were literally getting all of their electricity from a huge dam.

Noooo, because their economy has been trashed by bipartisan sanctions from Washington. They also have a great climate for agriculture but can't compete against dumped crops from the United States subsidized below the cost of production.

Comment Re:Land use (Re:Wouldn't it be funny) (Score 0) 39

If land use is a problem then how seriously has Brazil considered nuclear power?

You say that but then complain about this:

Fine, just don't make me subsidize your virtue signalling with government mandates requiring the utility to buy excess energy production.

Nuclear power wouldn't exist without gargantuan subsidies forced out of the pocket of taxpayers. Proving once again that nuclear is an even more unserious religion than Scientology.

Cutting down actually green plant life to make room for so-called "green" energy is not good for the environment.

Good thing that's totally unnecessary then. Existing roofs, parking lots and roads have more than enough space for solar. Wind can be installed in existing farms.

I'm just not a fan of solar panels paving over fertile land.

Solar panels over crops that don't need a combine or full sun are good for both the crops and the panels. The shade is good for the crops and the evaporation cools the panels, improving their performance.

Comment Re:Well done Germany (Score -1) 105

Reality has a well known anti-nuclear bias. Too costly, too unreliable, too costly, takes too long to build, too costly, too dangerous, too costly, and too unreliable.

And if I forgot, it's way too costly to possibly be justified? And that your waste will be a problem literally until the sun goes nova?

How many countries have deep decarbonized their grids with just solar and wind?

How much are you ignoring the many decades long head start and many trillions put into nuclear? But to answer your Concern, Germany is on track to do just that with an ever increasing majority of their power coming from renewables.

Comment Re:Well done Germany (Score -1) 105

Nuclear power was still an option after Fukushima.

We've been over this. It only took one big disaster to nuke the case for nuclear power, and you've had two. And again nothing is more reliably unreliable than your radioactive water heaters, which go down for months or even years for maintenance and refueling. Nuclear is an even more deeply unserious religion than Scientology.

Comment Re:Still not impressed (Score -1) 105

Nuclear energy does not produce CO2 emissions, by that metric it is clean.

A lot of carbon is emitted in the production of concrete, and nuclear uses gargantuan amounts of the stuff for cooling towers, ponds, and underground bunkers to store your forever toxic waste.

Nuclear waste is also a largely solved problem, it is recyclable.

It's cheaper to mine new uranium, which gets to what kills nuclear power: cost. Nuke fans love France but the country uses the same bunkers as everyone else to store vast majority of their waste. Which will remain a hazard until the sun goes nova, as it will be forever toxic after it has ceased to be radioactive.

Comment Re:more than 1,000 days and counting... (Score -1) 274

you forgot the bioengineered pigeons

You forget Victoria Nuland admitted to biolabs in sworn congressional testomony.

How much closer is Russia to "winning" its 3 day SMO?

How stupid are you to regurgitate propaganda that was already debunked? "3 days to Kiev" was from US general Mark Milley, not Russia.

Comment Re:more than 1,000 days and counting... (Score -1) 274

You wouldn't have your head up your dumbass if the reverse happened, and Russia was busy overthrowing Canada or Mexico to fill them up with billions in weapons, spy stations and biolabs the way you did to Russia with Ukraine. Putin had the patience of Job with your bullshit, trying nothing but peace treaties for eight years before finally putting his foot down.

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