Young climate activist tells Greenpeace to drop ‘old-fashioned’ anti-nuclear stance

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Young climate activist tells Greenpeace to drop ‘old-fashioned’ anti-nuclear stance
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Don't forget all the fossil fuels used in machinery that builds nuclear power plants, and the CO2 emissions from all of the concrete used.

Oh, and if you start building a nuclear power plant right now it will be online (maybe) in a decade or two and hopefully for only 150% of the initial cost. There's a nuclear power plant in Georgia that is $17 BILLION over budget.

So basically saving the planet is mega super important, but somehow 17 billions is suddenly too much?

That $17 billion could be spent on renewables that produce cheaper electricity and be online in less than 20 years.