• diyrebel@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    1 year ago

    I really cannot stand that phrase because it’s commonly used as poor rationale for not favoring a superior approach. Both sides of the debate are pushing for what they consider optimum, not “perfection”.

    In the case at hand, I’m on the pro-nuclear side of this. But I would hope I could make a better argument than to claim my opponent is advocating an “impossible perfection”.

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      1 year ago

      But that is exactly what’s happening. People are pretending like the alternative to investing in nuclear is living off 100% renewables from tomorrow.