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Re:Committed emissions from existing energy infrastructure j... by perfunctory on Wednesday August 07, 2019 @06:03PM (#20639626)
> "Renewable" energy does not include nuclear power.

Excuse my nitpicking, but renewable energy indeed excludes nuclear. By definition.

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Re:Committed emissions from existing energy infrastructure j... by pdonis on Wednesday August 07, 2019 @06:07PM (#20639668)
> renewable energy indeed excludes nuclear. By definition.

It depends on whose definition. Breeder reactors count as renewable by some definitions. And I would argue that those definitions are more reasonable, particularly if whether something counts as "renewable" is used to determine government subsidies.

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Re:Committed emissions from existing energy infrastructure j... by extropy on Wednesday August 07, 2019 @06:18PM (#20639780)
Carbon neutral energy is what we need.

Renewable energy defies physics.

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Re:Committed emissions from existing energy infrastructure j... by frankbreetz on Wednesday August 07, 2019 @06:43PM (#20639984)
I guess people aren't worried about the sun burning out or us running out of wind. I think most people know we don't create energy from nothing
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