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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think our you  bring climate into it you will sound nuts. Doesn’t mean you’re wrong but I wouldn’t say it out loud at work. 
I personally don’t like zoom, I like in person trainings and meetings. I homeschooled my kid for a year when she was 8 because I didn’t think online learning was good. 
If you want to bring it up say it would be more cost  effective for the company to decrease travel. 
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OP here. Yes, that is my concern. But I think it is a shame that most people would probably take that view. I work frequently with climate projections, and the more you work with the data, the more it is seems crazy to NOT make a personal effort to do something. Wind/solar isn't going to be sufficient to permit us to operate at our current level of consumption, and the public isn't keen on nuclear power. So what options are left other than to change our consumption behavior? [/quote]

If the environmental movement really cared about greenhouse gas emissions and climate change they would have been ALL over nuclear power.  And yet they weren't.   It would not be that hard to mount a movement to educate the public on the amazing safety record and greenness of this option.   The facts are on the side of nuclear power.   It is truly the only thing that would have brought a drastic reduction to greenhouse gases.  We could have spent decades building on the existing technology and safety record to truly enhance this energy source.  Now its too late and we've passed the tipping point.  Makes you wonder what the real agenda is.
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But if we converted to nuclear (thus solving the problem), it would eliminate a perfect way to control the public through taxation and regulation. And what good is the point of solving the climate crisis if you can’t use it as a way to control virtually every aspect of human behavior while doing it - from where people live, to what they eat, how much they pay in taxes and whether or not they’re allowed to travel.

If you solved the problem of carbon emissions, you lose all that stuff.

Why would ANY government want to give THAT power up? [/quote]

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