It's better than any other carbon fuel that we could use, and not by a little but by a lot because emissions of mercury and other very bad things are much much lower with natural gas than with other carbon fuels. It's not just a bit better than coal.

I'm not sure why people are replying to this thread to talk about coal, other than GP post the entire discussion is about nuke and natural gas. Yes. Coal is very bad. Natural gas is less bad. Literally nobody is arguing against this point. Both are very bad.

50% less CO2 emissions is a big deal.