Re:Population panic lets rich people off the hook for the cl...
by hh3k0 on Thursday August 27, 2020 @05:38PM
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> We do have the technology. It's called nuclear energy.
No, we do not. Nuclear energy is by no means emission-free.
> There is no such thing as a zero- or close-to-zero emission nuclear power plant. Even existing plants emit due to the continuous mining and refining of uranium needed for the plant. Emissions from new nuclear are 78 to 178 g-CO2/kWh, not close to 0.
-- Mark Z. Jacobson, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Stanford University
No, we do not. Nuclear energy is by no means emission-free.
> There is no such thing as a zero- or close-to-zero emission nuclear power plant. Even existing plants emit due to the continuous mining and refining of uranium needed for the plant. Emissions from new nuclear are 78 to 178 g-CO2/kWh, not close to 0.
-- Mark Z. Jacobson, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Stanford University
https://www.leonardodicaprio.org/the-7-reasons-why-nuclear-e...