As the article says, "air travel accounts for about 2.5 percent of global carbon dioxide emissions". It is responsible for ~5% of climate change, according to the IPCC. If we build a lot of nuclear power plants, we can still eat steak and fly all we want. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/19/climate/air-travel-emissions.html …
They can be built more quickly, safely, and at less cost given appropriate regulatory changes.
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The thrust of the article (the second point) is that it's a regulatory problem. France gets 71% of its power from nuclear. We have the technology.
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Even then, why waste the money if we can build windmills faster and more cheaply?
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And do we really want less regulation when it comes to nuclear power plants?
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My hunch is your are both "right" .. renewables getting cheaper and cheaper but we haven't figured out STORAGE yet, so Nuclear could be sensible to provide BASELINE energy for the periods where renewables can't meet demand. .. until we figure out energy storage ..pic.twitter.com/OYXDksSTUW
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