One of the greatest tragedies of the 21st century is the stagnation and slow decline of nuclear power in most countries. It could have considerably reduced CO2 emissions.
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In France, 40% of electric power today is nuclear. France starting relying heavily on nuclear in the 1980s. This is what happened to per-capita CO2 emissions:pic.twitter.com/9P0NVaJPHY
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Germany, where the anti-nuclear movement is prominent, and where electricity is only ~10% nuclear, has per-capita CO2 emissions that are about 2x that of France.
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Nuclear represents 75% of the electric power in France. The 40% figure is the fraction of nuclear energy among all energy sources.
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What if France had invested massively in renewable energies since the 80's?
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France though still has no idea where to send off the tons of still-radioactive-for-25000-years byproducts or nuclear energy.http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-26425674 …
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Not sure I trust the US government with their D+ report card to implement it properly. If our bridges are about to collapse dont think were ready for nuclear plants. (this is in 2013, I imagine it has only become worse). Privately owned perhaps.https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/trafficandcommuting/us-infrastructure-gets-d-in-annual-report/2013/03/19/c48cb010-900b-11e2-9cfd-36d6c9b5d7ad_story.html?utm_term=.af23a41583b1 …
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I have some bad news about France.
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The scale on this graph is misleading...
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