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> cleaner than coal It's also cleaner and less carbon intensive (12 gCO2/kWh) than pretty much everything else out there. Wind beats it as the least carbon int
by acidburnNSA 9y ago
> cleaner than coal
It's also cleaner and less carbon intensive (12 gCO2/kWh) than pretty much everything else out there. Wind beats it as the least carbon intensive (11 gCO2/kWh).
Original reference: https://www.ipcc.ch/pdf/assessment-report/ar5/wg3/ipcc_wg3_ar5_annex-iii.pdf https://www.ipcc.ch/pdf/assessment-report/ar5/wg3/ipcc_wg3_a...
Writeup with plots: https://partofthething.com/thoughts/a-medium-length-primer-on-energy-greenhouse-gas-intermittency-and-nuclear/ https://partofthething.com/thoughts/a-medium-length-primer-o...