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littlemissmartypants

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2. It's a damned shame that our country has dipped so far in shithole status we have to cheer on China to make ourselves

Reply to OKIsItJustMe (Original post)

Thu May 28, 2026, 04:15 AM

Thursday

Feel good.

Some nukes is (sic) good nukes.

The fossil fuel industry has a great big propaganda machine not unlike the one used on Americans to sell cigarettes and Roundup as healthy.

Some day, we're going to wish we were more discerning in our energy choices.

And by the way, I did a dive into your "news source" it has origins in a promotional company for the fossil fuel industry and is based out of Dubai.

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A Global Nuclear Power Renaissance Isn't Living Up to the Hype [View all] OKIsItJustMe Thursday OP

Post removed Post removed Thursday #1

Why exajoules? not use watt/hours? OKIsItJustMe Thursday #3

I am a trained scientist and as such choose scientific SI units... NNadir Thursday #4

To address the other point in this post, the use of peak power units for renewable junk... NNadir Thursday #5

China is pursuing an "all of the above" strategy thought crime Thursday #6

It's a damned shame that our country has dipped so far in shithole status we have to cheer on China to make ourselves littlemissmartypants Thursday #2

And the nuclear industry doesn't have a propaganda machine? thought crime Thursday #7