I’m in this shockingly accurate description of the future and I don’t like it
from "Demon haunted world" (1996)
Submitted 1 year ago by abbadon420@lemm.ee to science_memes@mander.xyz
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zcd@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
d00ery@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Look at the UK, we built the first full-scale commercial nuclear power plant, now we have to rely on the French or Chinese who can charge whatever they like and impose any delays they want. www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/…/ar-BB1iY68W
But hey, the conservatives made a few people very rich in The 80s!
OpenStars@startrek.website 1 year ago
Sadly, corruption won’t go away anytime soon, though I do wonder how long the UK and USA will both last, when trillionaires have more money than actual governments.:-(
See e.g. the story in the USA where the whistleblower was “suicided” while testifying against Boeing for failure to follow safety protocols. Wings are falling off of planes, and nobody will do a damn thing about it.:-( Bc why should a person who has their own jet want to pay taxes to pay the salaries of those who enforce safety standards, just to protect The Poors?:-(
General_Effort@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Look at the UK, we built the first full-scale commercial nuclear power plant
You know that was just a cover for making bombs, right? You have to look up the Windscale fire some time. It’s a hilarious story. There are some great documentaries on youtube. It might help you appreciate having French or Chinese in charge, too.
d00ery@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I didn’t know about the Windscale fire or cover up. Although the production of plutonium is mentioned in the Wikipedia article I linked.
The primary purpose of both plants was to produce weapons-grade plutonium for the UK’s nuclear weapons programme, but they also generated electrical power for the National Grid.
I don’t feel any safer with the French doing it as they have also had accidents. (Understandable with new technology) en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power_in_France
As for the China, would we even know if they’d had accidents …
MrSpArkle@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
This book used to be one of my favorites, but now it’s in the horror/thriller section for some reason and it’s no longer my jam.
nulluser@programming.dev 1 year ago
One of my favorite books. Should be required reading to participate in humanity.
LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Now who’s going to verify if this is truly a Carl Sagan quote
or if it’s another one of those brilliantly quotable bits of wisdom written by some unknown OP
like
Don’t believe everything you read on the internet
~Abraham Lincoln
abbadon420@lemm.ee 1 year ago
You could read the book to verify it. It’s a very good read.
LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 1 year ago
When I was little girl our family had all the Carl Sagan books. My older brother enjoyed reading them. We had Cosmos.
Num10ck@lemmy.world 1 year ago
this is a quote of his, famous.
Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
It is known
Wermhatswormhat@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I don’t want to live on this planet anymore.
I don’t know how to attach the gif though…
OpenStars@startrek.website 1 year ago
darkphotonstudio@beehaw.org 1 year ago
He was right on the money. Man, the future sure turned out to be pretty shitty.
yesman@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Logged in to upvote. Sagan is like my Mr. Rogers. Can’t think the words “Billions” or “Eratosthenes” except in his voice.
unreasonabro@lemmy.world 1 year ago
here’s lookin at you, kid
Splatterphace@lemm.ee 1 year ago
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