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7 reasons why nuclear energy is not the answer to solve climate change
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At the risk of retreating to easy retorts, I think most of the answers here can be boiled down to "the extensive efforts of petrochemical companies to suppress every competing technology". It's the same reason we've had PV or molten salt solar plants for years, but have never extensively pursued them* as a country.