Gimme a break. Don't pull the Reagan/Bush/libertarian "all regs are bad" line. It's tired.
The NRC knows their job, have excellent people, and are good at it. It's like questioning whether we need the NTSB or not.
The NRC knows their job, have excellent people, and are good at it. It's like questioning whether we need the NTSB or not.
Maybe before throwing shade on something you know nothing about, it's often best to not prove that you're speaking from your tail end. ; )
EDIT: You made a bunch of edits. No, you in particular and no one else have to state which regs are bad if you're making this presumption. "Innovation" and the stability of risk management are often at cross-purposes; don't upset what works and is standardized for consumerist novelty in a fucking nuclear reactor.
and maybe they are right about every regulation, that's a possibility! but clearly something has gone wrong when we could have had a clean grid powered via nuclear energy by now. so I think it would be wise to question everything in the chain.
Is that what we're seeing? Which institutions and experts do you think are failing us?
Could it actually be the case that institutions and experts are 99% accurate in their output, but the information ecosystem around us is highlighting the 1% of inaccuracies and presenting them as fatal flaws (while ignoring the fact that the alternatives to these institutions and experts have less than 50% accuracy)?
Certainly you could make the case that there are some people with an ideology and/or incentives to make sure that governments don't work for the benefit of the people they are supposed to serve, but if that's the threat model then all proposed plans need to be considered against that threat.
I agree, and I think all proposed plans should absolutely be considered against that threat. I certainly hope that's not a radical take on my part....
I'm sorry but that is not happening IMO. What is happening is non-experts decide what to do without listening to institutions and experts. We are seeing the result of what you seem to be advocating. We should listen more to the experts and institutions and look at other places that have less of these kinds of problems, like Scandinavia.
There are many countries around the world that implemented good ideas (Where To Invade Next?), like Finland baby boxes and no school homework, France with proper school lunches, Italy's work day and labor relations, and many countries with adequate healthcare and free college. It's better to borrow good ideas than believe everything is excellent when there are areas that need improvement.