3 Reasons Why Nuclear Energy Is Awesome! 3/3

Nuclear energy might have a lot of unused potential. Not only is it one of the best mid term solutions for global warming bit despite what gut feeling tells us, it has saved millions of lives. By investing more into better technologies we might be able to make nuclear energy finally save and clean forever.

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[Blaze]

You should probably have pointed out that cooling towers in nuclear plants only emit water vapor (H2O). You'd be surprised at how much people (at least here in my country) believe that "radioactive stuff" comes out of the "chimneys".

[skykid]

I really hope we develop Thorium reactors.

[svwtsvfcb]

As a German I can tell you that closing many nuclear plants in favor of coal was a very dumb idea. Sure we have invested plenty in renewable eneregy, but these sources aren't reliable to maintain the electric frequency of the power lines at 50 Hz, so when there's no wind or sun, coal is our only main option. Meanwhile in France they have 70% I believe of their electricity produced with nuclear energy, it's the cleanest country (at least CO2 wise) in Europe with Norway.

[Iskate]

kurzgesagt make a video explaining how a Thorium reactor would work please.

[Omeggia]

I just read up about Thorium reactors... why the hell is this receiving minimal funding?

[nafrost]

Before watching this video I was one of those pepole who are against nuclear energy due to ignorance and its bad reputation.
but now I think it's our best option until renewable or fusion will take off.
Thanks Kurzgesagt for enlightening me

[harrisonkarn]

"Nuclear energy is arguably less harmful to environment than fossil fuels".
Correction: "Nuclear energy is INDISPUTABLY less harmful to the environment than fossil fuels."

[theworldeatswithyou]

I've never understood why the green party prefers fossil fuels over nuclear. For me global warming always seemed like a more pressing problem than nuclear waste storage.

[isotzhighdopvppvpfaction]

In france we are producing 70% of our energy with nuclear powerplants i have got one at 80km far from my home and they are usually targeted by greenpeace... i dont understand theme i hope they will watch this video the biggest problem actually is the global warming and nuclear powerplants are the best solutions to dicrease it, so ecologist arent realistic and that s a big problem...

[Jim_]

Humanity’s rejection of Nuclear power was a massive mistake, and the environment has payed dearly for it as we continue to rely on fossil fuels for our electricity

[Huntracony]

i watched the anti nuclear energy first, and then this one. the anti made me think that nuclear energy maybe wasn't a good idea after all, but this video quickly changed my mind again. so i'd say that these videos did exactly what they're supposed to do.

[somedandy]

Also of note...Solar panels are not permanent. High quality panels need to be replaced every 25 years, and cheap panels (like the ones most of us get from China) need to be replaced ever 10 years or so. And since we don't have a good waste/recycling program, all those heavy metals wind up in African landfills where they leech into local water tables and endanger the indigenous populations.
Wind ain't so good, either. In addition to killing thousands of birds every year (many of which are endangered species), the rare earths used in their magnet-brush systems are highly toxic to refine, and it's mainly done in China (Bao-tao, specifically) where it creates vast lakes of radioactive toxic sludge.

But hey! Those feel-good Clean Energy pictures, right?

[aviaviate]

"This will probably offend no-one and lead to very civil discussions."
Nice.

[kurzgesagt]

So we have been working on this project for more than a year on and off. now  The only way we found to be really neutral was not to be neutral. We did a pro and contra video – the pro video is *really* pro, the contra video is *really* contra. Together they should even out and become a neutral statement. So before you write angry comments about how we totally did misrepresent nuclear energy, please watch both of them. And share them if you like them!

[tcironbear]

Excellent pro-argument.  Those that are against nuclear ALWAYS forget that the alternative to nuclear (coal & gas) is way much worse.  It will be decades before renewables are a viable alternative to nuclear, coal, and gas.

[vitaminb]

Nuclear energy is the way to go. The worst nuclear accident was caused by stupid humans and is very much preventable.

[domchubs]

Who the hell managed to die from solar energy

[stefanpieper]

Watching the contra video: "Nuclear power got to go!"
Watching the pro video: "Nuclear power actually sounds pretty good.."

[manuel]

Both sides on the argument agree on two things:
1) Nuclear energy will have to be out of use eventually.
2) The current method of nuclear energy harvesting is poor.

I say we switch to Thorium until we can move on to forms of renewable energy, as fast as possible.