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Re:Shutting down nuclear power could increase air pollution:... by rozab on Tuesday April 11, 2023 @08:45AM (#35524374)
That's completely unfair, much of the content of the study is determining which sources would fill the gap. That's not an assumption.
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Re:Shutting down nuclear power could increase air pollution:... by ZeroGravitas on Tuesday April 11, 2023 @09:28AM (#35524847)
If they calculate that the gap would be filled with mostly fossil when new generation is overwhelmingly renewable, then they've made a mistake.

Specifically, it looks like they're using the grid makeup as of 2015 to calculate what would be used if nuclear disappeared overnight.

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Re:Shutting down nuclear power could increase air pollution:... by abenga on Wednesday April 12, 2023 @02:17AM (#35535666)
Mathematically, taking nuclear generation that already exists offline while there still exist fossil fuel burning plants is increasing emissions. Any additional renewable capacity could have displaced coal and gas instead.
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