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[–] vithigar@lemmy.ca 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Plus there are plenty of people, like myself, who live in areas where the electricity comes from mostly renewable sources.

[–] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Me too. I'm pretty well surrounded by nuclear and hydro-electric here in southern Ontario.

[–] Holzkohlen@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

A yes, renewable nuclear energy.

[–] Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Somewhat renewable through breeder reactors.

Still, nuclear energy has a very good carbon footprint (unlike coal plants) and the public image of them being polluters was a joint disinformation project by Greenpeace and the oil companies in the early 2000s. Greenpeace backpedaled hard on their stance in the recent years.