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Re:100% renewables doesn’t equal zero-carbon energy, and the... by benj111 on Sunday May 26, 2019 @03:57PM (#20017077)
"Not if we price in carbon emissions"

All those things can be carbon neutral, except waste to energy.

Obviously though yes, those places with no wind, sun or other resources. Nuclear will have a place.

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Re:100% renewables doesn’t equal zero-carbon energy, and the... by godelski on Sunday May 26, 2019 @07:03PM (#20018125)
> Obviously though yes, those places with no wind, sun or other resources. Nuclear will have a place.

And the unfortunate part is that those places hold a fair amount of the world's population. We're not asking for nuclear in places that are sunny and windy. We don't need it there. We're asking for it in places that aren't.

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Re:100% renewables doesn’t equal zero-carbon energy, and the... by pfdietz on Tuesday June 04, 2019 @07:58AM (#20094097)
95% of the world's population lives below 50 N/S latitude.
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