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Ka-pi96 said:
EricHiggin said:

So why did they build Chernobyl in the first place, knowing the disaster that may occur? Did they know? If they did, well, they still built it and got away with it, until it became a problem. If they didn't, or thought the potential hazards weren't as bad as they ended up being, then who's to say solar couldn't end up being a problem in it's own way as well? I highly doubt the workers who built the plant knew what could happen, and finding public information about how there was likely an event like that being even remotely possible isn't worth looking for because who would go along with something like that knowing the trouble it could cause? I mean, why do you think there has been such a big scare over nuclear for decades now, and why fewer and fewer plants get built? Humans can't see the future. When we build things, we don't know everything that could happen, and we don't even know exactly how things will react to certain events that we know are possible. The best we can do is guess based on some tests and analysis and go from there. I mean, until the twin towers collapsed, there wasn't a problem with how they were built. Why did they build the replacement Freedom Tower like a tank? How is it that the Titanic sank? Unsinkable?

That's not a worthy argument either. Just because we can? Really? Could we end wars? Could we end starvation? Could we end poverty? Why don't we? Business, money, politics, ego, greed, etc. The biggest reason we do things is because we are forced to out of necessity, not because its the 'right' thing to do.

Given that nuclear power was an offshoot of the project to develop nuclear weapons... they would have had to have been complete idiots to not have known that there was the potential for a huge disaster. And considering more nuclear plants have been built since then as well the whole "they didn't know that could happen" excuse really does sound even more ridiculous.

Now name the times solar power was used to create a bomb. I mean, you're the one trying to compare the two and the fact is we knew nuclear power was dangerous since it was used in bombs from literally the moment it was discovered. Can you say the same about solar power?

Do you have any idea how ridiculous you sound right now? You're basically arguing that "we shouldn't do something just because some people might do something bad with it". It's also massively ironic that you're advocating for nuclear power at the same time as arguing that.

Here's a start.

I take it trying out Trump as Prez wasn't a problem then, since nobody knew exactly what would happen if he took office?