I agree that nuclear is an option that ought to be considered as part of the mix.

I’m not convinced that it’s right for Australia given our unique circumstances.

I disagree on cost. We’ve never built nuclear. We not only need a reactor, buy need to buy all the relevant skills and build all the supports to create an industry. I genuinely believe that the cost per kWh would be far greater than our other options.

The many hundreds of billions is better put to renewables, storage, and hydrogen cracking.

There are some next gen reactors being built in different places. Smaller output, less waste, salt cooled. We should let others bear the cost of development and see how it pans out.

But people recognise his name as being the guy who is too old.

It’s irrelevant that he’s the incumbent. He can just not run.

building nuclear power plants isn’t just like putting a leg of lamb in the oven though.

it would take a gargantuan investment of money, skills, labour, et cetera. All of which ought to be directed to building out renewable facilities.

I don’t really understand how it could be too late.

Float a candidate under 60 and they win riotous support from Democrats and undecideds.

Biden is the only Democrat that Trump has a chance of beating.

Perhaps there has never been changes this late in the cycle, but come on… we’re breaking new ground in so many ways.

I don’t really follow. Didn’t Obama ask RBG if she wanted to retire so he could put up a left leaning judge? That’s not disrespectful nor respectful, it’s just sensible.

She refused, predictably precipitating the current shit show out of hubris.

She may be a great woman deserving of respect but she fucked up, bringing harm to an entire generation of women.

Meh. Planning be damned. Just float someone under 60 and they’ll crush it.

Me too. I think you could change to more or less anyone and get a bump.

It really seems as though the populace is extraordinarily weary of these two tired old assholes.

Anyone under 60 would mop the floor with Trump’s toupee.

sorry I meant banning not banking

Gish gallop.

who else in the party can take his role?

How is it possible that there’s no one better than Biden? He’s just so unelectable.

I mean, ok he’s done some great things as pres… but he’s too fucking old. JFC. Someone in their 50s

They would’ve assassinated him already.

Yes I think this has broken him. Quiet life in the burbs with the occasional phone interview on someone’s podcast.

I just can’t understand how someone could think that banking books is a good idea.

edit: sorry banning not banking

No and none.

He just walked out of a US district court. If they were going to grab him they would have.

He rolled the dice on being the world’s most well known “journalist” and he lost in the most spectacular way. He’s so incredibly lucky he got off as lightly as he did, having only lost 12 years of his life.

what do you mean? It just did play out. That’s the end.

Yeah I don’t really get it but it seems like it’s not that uncommon to have heaps of tabs open. More than 7,000 is obviously exceptional but it checks out - there’s a few users like this in mozilla’s telemetry.

I think it’s basically just concern that you might not be able to find your way back to something you were looking at before. To me that seems irrational but everyone needs to sail their own ship I guess.

Feels like the whole world is on the same trajectory.

WDYM?

Brigadeers can just upvote comments supporting their position and exclude contrary ones.

Enough. Feel free to continue believing that, on the balance of probabilities, this tomb is that of the really real Jesus.

That’s just not true.

Sure ok you might not see how many upvotes a user has received but that’s not how vote manipulation works.

Votes influence what you see, and perhaps more importantly they influence what users perceive to be popular opinions.

Upvotes for “genocide joe” comments are a good example. A few people can make an idea seem like it’s mainstream.

The problem with this, is that it only blocks posts. You’re still going to see comments, and posts and comments are still subject to vote manipulation.