Nuclear power is too slow

Re:Nuclear power is too slow by melling on Friday December 16, 2022 @12:21PM (#34017302)

if we only have 8500 coal power plants globally and this is the single largest source of emissions, shouldn’t we be trying to eliminate 20% of global emissions?

Furthermore, if renewables are cheaper shouldn’t we immediately stop adding to the coal problem?

We need to replace a billion gasoline powered cars, etc. Coal power generation seems like an easy thing to do.

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Re:Nuclear power is too slow by themitigating on Friday December 16, 2022 @02:12PM (#34018719)

Electric cars are betweeb 2x and 4x more efficient than gasoline powered cars. Take a look at the MPGe.

https://insideevs.com/news/597460/tesla-efficiency-depends-o...

Of course that varies with temperature and driving style.

My question is-

What is better for the environment, A gas powered car or an electric car where the electricity comes exclusively from coal?

Short and long term.

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Re:Nuclear power is too slow by rootusrootus on Friday December 16, 2022 @02:22PM (#34018862)

> What is better for the environment, A gas powered car or an electric car where the electricity comes exclusively from coal?

Rhetorical question, I assume. A coal powered EV is still something like 15-20% less polluting than a gas powered car. And the EV gets instantly more efficient when the coal plant inevitably gets replaced with something cleaner.

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