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Wind turbines which are actually more harmful to the planet, given the gasses used in the turbine are harmful to the atmosphere, are released during a breakdown, doesn't recoup the net negative carbon cost of producing them, and the blades themselves don't breakdown/rot -- they're literally...

"But, but muh nuklear waste!" /Greentard. This is amazing news.

Nuclear plants are surprisingly safe when it comes to ambient radiation levels: the French government, for example, only pays people extra to live in the "vicinity" of a nuclear plant because the cultural idea of nuclear power was poisoned long ago by numbskulls thinking anything related to...

We call those people "nutcases". or Greenpeace. :p

...Fucking why? Okay, I get that several industries would be destroyed, and that'd affect a fraction of the population's jobs and income, but are those the only real reasons?

Yup: the scare-mongering has left a long-lasting impression in culture. People's excuse for Fukushima? "If an act of nature can cause a nuclear plant to have a failure, it's best not to have one in the first place due to the potential consequences!" ...Yeah, that logic could be applied to...

The scaremongering fostered in the late 20th basically poisoned the idea of nuclear power in culture. The piss-poor management of Soviet Chernobyl didn't help things, nor did the few other accidents throughout the century (such as Fukushima).