Hypocritic US calls on Europe to wean itself from Russian gas

[fauzman]

binary solo said:

fauzman said:

binary solo said:
Well EU and US should go for more nuclear energy. It's safer, more environmentally friendly and doesn't depend on nations ruled by dickheads as the source for the raw material.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rW2uXnoBYhE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4E2GTg7W7Rc

Get on the nuclear train people. I damn well wish our country would.

Hah! I am bloody damn well glad we arent. I dont trust nuclear power, the way it can relatively easily be turned into nuclear weapons and the hazards of its waste. Besides we do pretty well with renewal - why are EU countries having trouble focussing on this?

Thorium based nuclear power pretty much negates both of those concerns.

I dont know much about thorium. I thought the most commonly used materials in reactors were uranium and plutonium. How is thorium different? And if so why arent more countries using it. 

NZ has generally done fairly well without nuclear power - while we have had a few issues I feel generally we have a pretty good mix of energy sources - why do we need nuclear?