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comment by kleinbl00
kleinbl00  ·  2936 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: November 16, 2016

I've read two of Bill McKibben's books and I agree with his message. They could be spending it all on hookers'n'blow for all I know but what they've published I agree with.

McKibben's criticisms of nuclear power are largely economical and relate to externalities and subsidies; I've read criticisms of his arguments but they get really technical really fast and I don't find them compelling. Not to say they don't have merit, but to say that as a slightly-educated layman with a technical background the math isn't decisively one way or the other.