I used to not worry about climate change. Now I do

Re:I used to not worry about climate change. Now I do by Jedd on Sunday January 28, 2024 @08:04AM (#39165306)

> Finland achieved energy self sufficiency last year thanks to a good combination of nuclear

Is this a fission plant that uses fuel mined in Canada, Kazakhstan, and Australia?

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Re:I used to not worry about climate change. Now I do by cassepipe on Sunday January 28, 2024 @11:06AM (#39166967)

I think you are implying that this self sufficiency is illusory

To which I would respond that France could hold two years with its uranium reserves if the world stopped selling it Uranium.

Gasoline reserves in comparison would last three months.

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Re:I used to not worry about climate change. Now I do by Jedd on Wednesday January 31, 2024 @12:14AM (#39200227)

Illusory? Perhaps.

Certainly 'self-sufficient' is inaccurate, given the reliance on external inputs.

If other nation states are also not self-sufficient for fissionable materials, and/or other fuel types, then I would also not call them self-sufficient on power generation.

Sure, there are degrees of reliance on providers of fuel types, but no need to muddy the waters about self-sufficiency. (f.e. Australia could be self-sufficient on solar, wind, coal, fission, I suspect - at least in terms of raw materials.)

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