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Not clean, nuclear is dirty as hell.

Nuclear is one of the cleanest sources of power, if not the cleanest period.

It requires least mining and materials over lifecycle vs any alternative per KWh. It requires least land. It's final waste volume is similar to renewables while both sectors do create toxic waste that must be stored forever (used fuel in case of nuclear and forever toxic chemicals like arsenic/lead in case of renewables)

Saying nuclear is dirty as hell means you either are ill informed or spreading lies on purpose

To give an example with Germany, probably being outpaced only by Austria in hate for nuclear power. Germans are concerned about small amounts of nuclear waste that will be stored in deep geo stable facilities (just like onkalo, soon fosmark, terradura and alikes) but germans are perfectly fine having the biggest near surface facility for storing forever toxic and dangerous chemicals on the planet, Herfa Neurode.

Not just that, many are unaware that having a repository longterm is still a must even if they don't have nuclear power at all, due to medical and research sectors



Thank you for proving yet again how misinformed you are, up to even spreading some nonsensical links...

Here, read these as a starting point Carbon Neutrality in the UNECE Region: Integrated Life-cycle Assessment of Electricity Sources-> https://unece.org/sites/default/files/2022-04/LCA_3_FINAL%20...

Other stats too: https://ourworldindata.org/safest-sources-of-energy https://ourworldindata.org/low-carbon-technologies-need-far-... Or even from nrel https://docs.nrel.gov/docs/fy21osti/80580.pdf

Or health impact in say Germany https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10640-025-01002-z

Those guys in nirs are clearly some wannabe antinuclear influencers which are concerned about nuclear supply chain and it's overall impact but are fine with ren supply chain with even bigger impact. They seem to be concerned about CO2 impact of nuclear due to concrete but fail to mention lifecycle data per kwh as in links I've provided. They are concerned about radioactive waste but not concerned about other toxic chemicals like arsenic. They are concerned about tritium when it's a low level emitter which you can drink and occurs naturally due to the sun. Most releases of tritium, including in Fukushima are below WHO limits.

They are even concerned about some french units going offline during summer due to heat, but fail to mention even then France is top net exporter on the continent, avg heat impact affecting about 0.18% of production per year. They also fail to mention this is happening in units without cooling towers and edf isn't fixing it precisely because there's no financial value- France is exporting like crazy in this period - can check the data this summer on energy charts for confirmation. The 'article' is written in a childish manner by someone cherry picking everything to confirm own bias

I heavily recommend you to look at this topic pragmatically instead of listening to some influencers like in your link or even greenpeace which did even more damage to the environment. Germany now is suffering due to such antinuclear movements. Not only more people died due to coal still being used, but existing nuclear fleet was cheapest firm power on the grid based on merit order data, while receiving significantly less subsidies than renewables. In fact, per official bundestag inquiry and later a parliament inquiry in Bavaria, nuclear in Germany didn't receive special subsidies for production at all, unlike renewables with EEG, which alone already outpaced the cost of all french nuclear fleet

And naming me a polluter just confirms your bias and unwillingness to be informed about the topic, only to attach labels to people with different point of view


Those AI translations are really bad these days... In german it says in the subline "Verwenden Sie das Android-Betriebssystem, um Ihr Gerät mit Strom zu versorgen.", that means: Use Android to power your device with electricity.

Please don't show me your crappy translations any more.


I checked and it's indeed the translation Google Translate gives for "Use the Android operating system to power your device."

Gemini 3 Pro offers "Nutzen Sie die Power von Android für Ihr Gerät." as a modern, tech-savvy alternative, as well as more literal translations that correctly recognize the idiom.


Yeah, I, too, was confused by this translation at first glance... That reminded me of when I had to install M$ Office for work. The download button read "Büro herunterladen" (Büro is the exact german translation of Office)


Has someone the standalone version for download? The link provided on the website is unfortunately dead: https://cloud.umami.is/q/C7hou8V8u


I added download mirrors, refresh website please.


Thank you very much!

Edit: I just had a look and it looks amazing! Nice work!


Edit 2: Fuck y'all, F9 is load but F10 is close the game? And quick loads aren't available because of I didn't save normally, just with quick save (F5)? Why?


Reminds me of weird furry porn, I can't say I like it


I feel like the vertical line (with the gradient in my solution) can be done a bit nicer, does anyone have any suggestions?


~30+ years


Stupid


It really is... God I'm glad I don't have to live there.


I never heard of something like this happening in Europe. Do we simply have better control and regulations?


In Ireland, knowingly charging more than th display price is a criminal offence; the fake sales mentioned in the article are also illegal, though I’m not sure if that one’s criminal or civil. I expect it’s similar elsewhere.

_Prosecution_ is often more of an effective threat for companies than summary fines, as judges will tend to throw the book at repeat offenders.

Also, the nature of US urbanisation might be a factor. If you can get to more stores easily it’s harder for them to screw your; you will just go elsewhere.

I tend to do my shopping in small batches when walking home from work, and have a decent short term memory for numbers. I don’t remember _ever_ being overcharged by the likes of Tesco/Lidl/whatever. Very occasionally by small shops.


I want to read this in original language, but this website always directs me to it's german version.

Really annoying! Respect my decision as a user to choose the language I want, not where my IP comes from...


It's been a pain point for me for years with many services.

Shameless plug on the topic: https://www.fer.xyz/2021/04/i18n


Completely and utterly ignored by Google >:(


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