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Because most electricity still comes from natural gas and coal. Nuclear energy still produces nuclear waste which has to go somewhere. Unless someone is relyi
by ravenstine 8y ago
Because most electricity still comes from natural gas and coal. Nuclear energy still produces nuclear waste which has to go somewhere. Unless someone is relying purely on wind or solar, which is rare, they're still creating pollution by-proxy when they're charging their electric vehicle. You can't call it "zero emissions" when the emissions are just out of sight and out of mind.
- droussel 8y agoI live in Quebec which is 100% hydro, thus clean.
- atemerev 8y agoNuclear waste is not emissions, it doesn’t contribute to climate change and is low in volume. It still contains enough energy to be reused in breeder reactors (this is why long-term waste burial projects are meaningless — we’ll dig in back in less than 100 years and use as fuel).