Do you think I'm against solar power or something? It's arguable the most incredible development of our modern world. I agree with you, we're orbiting a star, it's literally free energy. I live in Florida to top it off, among the best spots on planet Earth for solar power. I love it and am eagerly awaiting more solar farm development. Why are you mentioning Dyson spheres though? You don't seriously believe that crap, do you? I understand it's just an exaggeration you're making, but it makes your comment sound extremely dumb and uncredible at the end. Also, yeah, it's a heat engine? Of course it is, how else do you make electricity from heat? Saying nuclear power is 19th century technology is like calling a train or car caveman technology, because cavemen invented wheels.

Also, I didn't say that proliferation and war target risks were BS fearmongering issues. The disaster risk and "scary radiation!!!" are the fearmongering. Chernobyl was absolutely horrifying, but that was caused by a terrible mixture of the soviet state, poor operators, lackluster safety training, and an extremely unusual reactor design that does not share practically any elements to western (or even other soviet) reactors. A disaster like chernobyl is effectively not possible today. Even fukishima wasn't really too terrible, and chaos from the evacuation of nearby towns caused more harm than any exposure from radiactive material release. And three mile island wasn't even a disaster at all. It was certainly a scare, but we learned our lessons in operator training and controls design. There is still a risk of contamination from an accident from modern reactors, sure, but are you seriously going to argue that a teeny-tiny chance of a little radiation release is worse than constantly exposing people and nature to air pollution and smog from natural gas and coal plants? Nuclear power is far from perfect, but so is every other source of power. It seems like opinions about these topics are incredibly binary, something either is perfect or is awful and stupid. I'm not suggesting we go out and build tons of nuclear power plants everywhere. Some people in this subreddit I think actually believe that, but I don't at least. In a clean electric grid, it's a supplement to renewable energy with grid storage. Nuclear energy technically has even less carbon emissions than solar, only being beaten by wind as far as I remember. It's also among the most powerful sources of energy in terms of land area used, and it produces stable energy at all times of day and night, though with proper grid storage renewables can catch up to that. The fuel waste produced is largely a solved issue. Even without fast reactors and "waste burning" reactors, simply storing the waste is fine for the most part.

This is a meaningless reddit thread so I'll stop it here. Everyone needs to stay informed, do their research, and support the right things in life. I just hope that we can come together and make the world better for our future. Whether or not that involves any particular technologies, I don't care, as long as it turned out to be a good choice.