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41. Enacting a stupid policy does not make it less stupid.

It's pretty amusing that you refer to heating the Mississippi River has a huge drawback to nuclear power.

It would be interesting if you were concerned about the effects of climate change on rivers, like say, the Colorado River, or the Columbia River, but, well you want to assert popularity as a surrogate for wisdom.

I once owned a Mercury Sable, a model that was an upscale Ford Taurus. The Ford Taurus was advertised, quite honestly, as the "best selling car in America," which happened to be true at the time. The seats fell apart at around 35,000 miles, the rear view mirror fell off at 40,000, the air conditioning could never be repaired so as to last for 10,000 miles. Thankfully I was put out of my misery when the engine siezed at 80,000 miles. It was by far the worst new car I ever owned.

An American generation built more than 100 nuclear reactors in around 25 years while providing the lowest priced electricity in the industrialized world. Hype calls the generation "the greatest generation." I'm not sure I agree with that characterization entirely but the fact that my generation's attitude toward nuclear energy compared with theirs is abysmally stupid, if popular.

They were the sort of people who at least cared for future generations and the nuclear plants they left us were a gift that saved lives. That we are too stupid to appreciate it says more about us than them. We ate leaving nothing but waste.

I note with some shame that my generation, the generation that produced the Presidencies of Reagan, two Bushes, and Trump should not be acclaimed for its wisdom.

But please don't tell me, of all things, that you care about rivers. If you did, you'd care more about about climate change than cooling water. This is not to say cooling is not an issue, but modern engineering around heat networks offer a clear solution readily available to nuclear technology with very high environmental rewards.