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		sickofparadox on Nov 30, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The University of California has all but dropped c... "A society grows great when old men plant trees in whose shade they shall never sit." Long term investment into the future is a good thing.

Teever on Nov 30, 2023 [–]

I agree with that sentiment but do we have 20 years to spend waiting to stave off climate change?

sickofparadox on Nov 30, 2023 | [–]

I'm not saying to only build nuclear, but it'll certainly help us out down the line, and not building it is almost certainly far worse than the potential of it being slow to build.

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