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Re:First new US nuclear reactor in decades enters commercial... by justrealist on Monday July 31, 2023 @04:47PM (#36948561)
It offsets significant carbon production elsewhere (especially if we only export natgas), and defunds from some of the worst governments on earth.
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Re:First new US nuclear reactor in decades enters commercial... by JohnFen on Monday July 31, 2023 @05:04PM (#36948809)
> It offsets significant carbon production elsewhere

Does it? Or does it simply increase the amount of fossil fuels being used elsewhere?

> defunds from some of the worst governments on earth.

That has nothing to do with decarbonization, though.

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