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[–] 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.