Because we need to replace and maintain the ones we already have. People have been talking about doing this to our aging stockpile for decades.
It makes sense to reduce our arsenal, but the nukes we do have need to be maintained for safety and reliability.
That sounds awfully legit.
I hate to think that the government is doing exactly what they've said they'd do in a sensible timeframe. What is this nation coming to?
People on the internet like to pretend that if the US just stopped making weapons then everyone else would also stop making weapons.
This, lifecycle renewal only goes so far and old plutonium is still very useful for things like breeder reactors.
Perun made a quite interesting video about this. Basically the US, after the end of the cold war, stopped pit production and relied on the many pits they still had laying around. Now they are worrying that old pits might become unreliable and unserviceable which could weaken the US' nuclear deterrence. Because of that the US is seeking to restart pit production.
Because, despite us removing the lead from the air, the world is going fucking crazy.
Oh, it’s still in the air… and in the water.
Friendly reminder that Flint, Michegan still doesn't have clean drinking water.
That hasn’t been the case in years now. Why parrot bullshit?
Because my last impression was that things hadn't changed. Why did you just downvote me, rather than actually provide a source to back up your claim? That isn't really conducive to a productive conversation. You've come at me in an inherently hostile manner, which is disrespectful.
Nonetheless, I'll do your work for you:
An extensive lead service pipe replacement effort has been underway since 2016. In early 2017, some officials asserted that the water quality had returned to acceptable levels, but in January 2019, residents and officials expressed doubt about the cleanliness of the water. There were an estimated 2,500 lead service pipes still in place as of April 2019. As of December 8, 2020, fewer than 500 service lines still needed to be inspected. As of July 16, 2021, 27,133 water service lines had been excavated and inspected, resulting in the replacement of 10,059 lead pipes. After $400 million in state and federal spending, Flint has secured a clean water source, distributed filters to all who want them, and laid modern, safe, copper pipes to nearly every home in the city. Politico declared that its water is "just as good as any city's in Michigan." However, a legacy of distrust remains, so residents often refuse to drink the tap water.
Furthermore:
As the criminal investigation progressed, more than a dozen state and local officials were indicted on a raft of charges, including obstruction of justice, lying to police, and involuntary manslaughter. While prosecutors were able to secure misdemeanor convictions against seven defendants through plea bargains, the most-serious charges were dropped in 2019.
So it is perhaps understandable that people think things were by and large brushed under the rug, and are still distrustful.
Earthworm Jim would be ashamed of you. He had far more modesty.
They don’t have any obligation to do the legwork for you. It’s good that you put your homework here for others to reference, but no-effort comments get no-effort replies. And as you found out, they were ultimately correct.
There are way too many bad faith statements on lemmy.
no-effort comment
That's a bad characterization of a fact.
"Reminder that climate change is still happening."
"BULLSHIT! SUCH LOW EFFORT COMMENT!!!!!!!!"
??? Are you a bot? Did you read the part in the comment chain where it was shown that it wasn’t a fact?
Also please learn some self awareness if you’re going to use bad characterization while accusing me of doing the same thing
No u
Your last impression was outdated by years because YOU never did even a cursory google to back up YOUR claim.
You didn’t do my work for me. You finally did your own work that you never did lol.
~~Jet~~ Some planes still use leaded fuel unfortunately.
Jets do not. They usually use Jet A, basically kerosene. It's piston engines that use leaded gasoline (avgas).
Furthermore leaded gas is currently being phased out of general aviation also, at least in the US (others will likely follow).
Maybe if you're posting from 1990.
Perhaps the plan is to reach sustainability by eliminating 90% of the population over a short period of time?
TFW your domestic policy makes Thanos look like the reasonable one.
I don't know, man. Thanos was way worse. Earth is what, 0.00000001% of the universe population?
But what if it isn't? What is Earth is really the only planet carrying self-aware species in the transportable distance?
Then yes. Thanos would be a more reasonable creature.
Would we consider nuclear annaliation a green project?
How else do you think the US is planning on meeting its climate goals? Certainly not by holding corporations accountable.
Because we're coming up on cold war 2 : Chinese boogaloo
Edit: cold war 2: big trouble in little China.
I think for this one it would be Big Trouble in Big China.
Well Taiwan is also known as the Republic of China, so the trouble would be in the little China
Touche
Maybe it's because the other major nuclear power keeps making new nuclear threats every week and just withdrew from a major nuclear proliferation treaty?
This. How do people not pay attention to this stuff.
For the Russian takeover. Putin has let his weapons deteriorate so he’s telling his minions here to get prepared for him.
We also need to arm all of the new B-21 raiders. I believe I read they're going to start off with producing 100 of them.
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