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Re:All Applications for Nuclear Energy at COP26 Rejected by kergonath on Sunday October 31, 2021 @02:55AM (#29055022)
Renewables and gas are not enough either: you need lots of storage anyway. Plus, at this point you’ve lost the plot because you are still burning fossil fuels. Without nuclear there is no scenario in which we stop carbon emissions without seriously decreasing energy consumption (about an order of magnitude in 50 years) or paying significantly more (tens of billions per year) and relying on hypothetical future technologies.

The arguments against nuclear are not really technical, and are overall incompatible with our energy supply getting rid of fossil fuel in the near term.

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