UK to put nuclear power at heart of net zero emissions strategy

Re:UK to put nuclear power at heart of net zero emissions st... by stefan_ on Saturday October 16, 2021 @10:10PM (#28893379)

And cigarette filters are 30% effective at removing solids from inhaled smoke. But you are still smoking!

It's 2021. Burning wood makes no sense from a global warming and certainly not from a public health perspective.

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Re:UK to put nuclear power at heart of net zero emissions st... by throwaway0a5e on Sunday October 17, 2021 @08:29AM (#28895986)

Unless you can wave a magic wand and make alternative sources of energy sufficiently cheaper (or make people sufficiently richer, two sides of the same coin really) people are going to heat with wood where that is economically favorable.

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Re:UK to put nuclear power at heart of net zero emissions st... by psd1 on Monday October 18, 2021 @04:27PM (#28911232)

Wood is carbon-neutral. Fossils aren't.

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