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"According to you, does nuclear energy contribute to the production of greenhouse gasses (CO2) and to climate change?" In France a whopping 86% of 18-34 year o

• joss82 7y ago
  Which is true indeed! Nuclear power, in a world where transport emits co2, emits co2 (especially during the enrichment phase). Just waaaaay less than other forms of electricity production (including solar and wind)
  • Luc 7y ago
    It is exactly this which Greenpeace has latched onto for their propagande. The fact that it is true in only the most trivial way is not understood by those on the receiving end. The end result is a voting population primed to vote against their own interests.
• mariushn 7y ago
  In related news... Book "Inconvenient Facts: The science that Al Gore doesn't want you to know" has almost 300 reviews, 92% 4/5 stars: https://www.amazon.com/Inconvenient-Facts-science-that-doesnt/dp/1545614105 https://www.amazon.com/Inconvenient-Facts-science-that-doesn... Quotes from the Facts: * You will learn that the planet is improving, not in spite of increasing CO2 and rising temperature, but because of it. * Polar bears are doing just fine * Ocean acidity = climate pHraud * Forest fires = fanning the flames of needless panic ... Museums also educate, with funds from oil companies: https://thinkprogress.org/smithsonian-stands-by-wildly-misleading-climate-change-exhibit-paid-for-by-kochs-bd3105ef354b/ https://thinkprogress.org/smithsonian-stands-by-wildly-misle... https://io9.gizmodo.com/science-museums-are-skittish-about-climate-change-1591364396 https://io9.gizmodo.com/science-museums-are-skittish-about-c... How to combat these?
• machz 7y ago
  Forget Coal. We can now go Solar directly!