China to supercharge uranium race with 150 new nuclear reactors

Re:China to supercharge uranium race with 150 new nuclear re... by oceanplexian on Monday November 08, 2021 @02:54PM (#29153453)

I'm willing to bet that per-capita, the US produces far more economic output per KG of CO2 than most of the rest of the world. Like with any statistic, you can slice and dice it any way you want to fit an agenda.

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Re:China to supercharge uranium race with 150 new nuclear re... by dane-pgp on Monday November 08, 2021 @03:09PM (#29153622)

Here's a chart of carbon intensity vs. GDP per capita for various countries:

https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/carbon-intensity-vs-gdp

Why don't you slice and dice that based on your agenda and tell us what we should conclude?

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Re:China to supercharge uranium race with 150 new nuclear re... by jhgb on Monday November 08, 2021 @03:40PM (#29153931)

Uh...why not the proper comparison, which is GDP per kg CO2? While I believe that GDP is Θ(1) bound to CO2 emissions, any comparison should include those constants. Your chart is missing the connection between kWh consumed and GDP generated.

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Re:China to supercharge uranium race with 150 new nuclear re... by dane-pgp on Monday November 08, 2021 @04:25PM (#29154483)

> the connection between kWh consumed and GDP generated

If you don't mind those numbers being normalised by population size, and CO2 emissions being used as a more relevant metric than kWh, then this chart might be helpful:

https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/consumption-co2-per-capit...

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