• ZILtoid1991
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        331 year ago

        Hear me out:

        What if we used that nuclear power only to fix the environment?

        • @Stuka@lemmy.ml
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          141 year ago

          Ok, find someone willing to pay for one for that purpose.

          Microsoft isn’t ‘we’

        • FaceDeer
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          91 year ago

          You’re free to invest in nuclear power for that purpose if you want.

          Microsoft is investing in nuclear power to run their AI projects. They likely wouldn’t be investing in nuclear power if they didn’t have projects that needed it like this.

          • Flying SquidOP
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            131 year ago

            And the U.S. government wouldn’t have invested in all of the development that went into the Apollo program if they didn’t want to beat the Russians, but we still all benefitted from the science and the research and the development.

      • oce 🐆
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        1 year ago

        Nuclear power still requires huge front costs (goal of SMR is to reduce that, but first generations will not solve it), so it could be better to use them for every day life needs rather than a prospective commercial venture.

      • ChaoticNeutralCzech
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        31 year ago

        Only if there’s a meltdown, and that’s near-impossible with current reactor designs. Just don’t build in very disaster-prone areas like Florida or Japan.

        • MxM111
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          101 year ago

          I think you have misread the comment you replied to.

          • FaceDeer
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            21 year ago

            Indeed. Using nuclear power avoids causing trouble to the ecosystem.

      • Rayspekt
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        251 year ago

        People aren’t listening to human scientists and you think they’ll be happy with an scary AI saving the planet?

        • FaceDeer
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          111 year ago

          If they’re not listening to humans or AI, then they’re not going to be happy with anything and should probably be ignored.

            • FaceDeer
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              31 year ago

              I doubt the people running the country are worried about a “scary AI saving the planet.” Their main concern is ignorant masses of voters who are scared of it.

      • @hanni
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        161 year ago

        It will be used to drive more consumption.

        • MxM111
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          41 year ago

          It will be used for both. The way out of global warming is going forward in technology, not backward.