[Kizzy]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

Since he mentions China etc, he's definitely talking about the fact that the manufacture of windmills is actually environmentally unfriendly. It's a bit of a paradox really. They need replaced every couple of decades too so it's not even like it's a one-off then free clean energy forever. I hate to agree with Trump but there are some real issues with sustainability... The manufacturing process actually uses a fair number of non-renewables .

The uncomfortable truth is that the cleanest and most sustainable energy source we have is nuclear. Especially if advancements can be made with fusion reactors. With proper careful planning (I.e. Not lax safety standards like chernobyl, or in a bloody earthquake zone like fukushima) the reactors are safe and clean. What we need is a way to dispose of the spent fuel rather than just burying it and forgetting about it (lolz). I think once we have a cheap and effective way to get things off-world for disposal it'll be the obvious choice.

Tl;dr unpopular opinion - nuclear energy is the most environmentally friendly option we have for meeting global power needs.

Don't kid yourself that accidents only happen in other countries, remember Sellafield? How's the decommissioning of that going?
Well according to this the EU have funded experiments in fusion up to the end of next year, after that who knows..

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan...shire-47749019