The world needs nuclear power and we shouldn’t be afraid of it

Re:The world needs nuclear power and we shouldn’t be afraid ... by hedora on Friday October 23, 2020 @09:50PM (#24876259)

Remember that we need to put all the carbon we added to the atmosphere since the 1800’s, which will take more energy than we generated during that time window (ignoring some one time bonuses, like planting trees and olivine).

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Re:The world needs nuclear power and we shouldn’t be afraid ... by ncmncm on Saturday October 24, 2020 @12:48AM (#24877027)

We need to take out a lot more than that, because of all the CFCs (1700+ times CO2) and HFCs (2500+ times CO2) vented. If all the HFCs currently in use were vented instead of collected and incinerated, it would produce as much greenhouse effect as all the CO2 we have added to the atmosphere.

Some of the CFCs and HFCs get collected, mostly at industrial sites. Car and residential mostly leaks.

At least xFCs don't acidify oceans.

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Re:The world needs nuclear power and we shouldn’t be afraid ... by hedora on Sunday October 25, 2020 @09:30PM (#24891943)

Also: Concrete and methane from livestock.

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