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minus-squareleisesprecher@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoTen years? More like twenty. Hinkley point C was started in 2013, supposed to be finished 2023. This year the estimation was corrected to 2029-2031.
minus-squareWomble@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-22 months agoCounterpoint: UAE went from zero nuclear energy to producing as much as Denmark or Portugal produce renewables in ten years. From a base of zero nuclear expertise in the country.
minus-squareleisesprecher@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoAnd we all know that the UAE are the international beacon of safety, worker’s rights, rule of law and cost effectiveness. That’s a really bad argument. That’s like saying the Soviet Union was really good at digging canals.
minus-squareWomble@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoSo existing examples that go against your argument dont count because you dont like the country. OK.
minus-squareleisesprecher@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoSo countering your argument with counterarguments why your example is flawed isn’t allowed, because you’d need to reconsider? Tell me, do you really think the UAE are willing, not capable, willing to invest in safety and lawfulness as much as any even halfway free country?
Ten years? More like twenty. Hinkley point C was started in 2013, supposed to be finished 2023. This year the estimation was corrected to 2029-2031.
Counterpoint: UAE went from zero nuclear energy to producing as much as Denmark or Portugal produce renewables in ten years. From a base of zero nuclear expertise in the country.
And we all know that the UAE are the international beacon of safety, worker’s rights, rule of law and cost effectiveness.
That’s a really bad argument. That’s like saying the Soviet Union was really good at digging canals.
So existing examples that go against your argument dont count because you dont like the country. OK.
So countering your argument with counterarguments why your example is flawed isn’t allowed, because you’d need to reconsider?
Tell me, do you really think the UAE are willing, not capable, willing to invest in safety and lawfulness as much as any even halfway free country?