Re:To Slow Global Warming, We Need Nuclear Power (Op-Ed)
by lmm on Friday December 23, 2016 @06:53AM
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>> Baseline power is a requirement
> For what?
Modern civilization.
> Biomass.
Still carbon-based. Burning x tonnes of hydrocarbons is still burning x tonnes of hydrocarbons even if the carbon was only recently captured from the atmosphere - it's basically no different from burning coal and running a sequestration process in parallel. Carbon is fungible.
> For what?
Modern civilization.
> Biomass.
Still carbon-based. Burning x tonnes of hydrocarbons is still burning x tonnes of hydrocarbons even if the carbon was only recently captured from the atmosphere - it's basically no different from burning coal and running a sequestration process in parallel. Carbon is fungible.