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Re:Cement Produces More Pollution Than All the Trucks in the... by valw on Sunday June 23, 2019 @12:21PM (#20256591)
Regardless of the controversy on the risks of nuclear energy, don't overestimate it's potential. We simply can't build nuclear plants everywhere we need them. We still mostly need a reduction in energy consumption and deforesting.
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Re:Cement Produces More Pollution Than All the Trucks in the... by hirundo on Sunday June 23, 2019 @12:29PM (#20256641)
France derives 71% of its electricity from nuclear energy. In the US it's around 20%. So while nuclear power can't replace everything, even with current technology they could power the great majority of electricity generation.

Sure we can't simply build them everywhere. But the main barriers to building enough of them to make a big difference aren't technical.

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