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I would like that people would look at this kind of numbers and agree on the simple fact that burning fuels that release air pollution is bad and we should have
by belorn 7y ago
I would like that people would look at this kind of numbers and agree on the simple fact that burning fuels that release air pollution is bad and we should have a steady plan on how to phase it out and ban the practice. Regardless if people favor nuclear or renewable, we should all agree that coal, oil and gas do not belong in the energy grid.
Existing power plants that use fossil fuels should be phased out and new ones should not be legal to build. Pipelines for gas should not be built. If you don't want nuclear, build the battery and the renewable to fill it. If you don't want to build the battery, build nuclear. If you don't want the risk of nuclear disasters, accept the variability of renewable. Don't want to accept the variability of renewable, build nuclear.
The contention between renewable and nuclear can be good, but only in finding which one is safest and cheapest in a post fossil fuel energy grid. As long fossil fuels continue to be allowed the contention mostly serve to split the movement and pit the nuclear and renewable people against each other rather than against our main problem of greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution.
- hndamien 7y agoWith enough battery, variability is going to be limited. B ut you are right, the discussion needs reframing.
- yyy888sss 7y ago"we should all agree that coal, oil and gas do not belong in the energy grid." - except fossil fuels are cheap, reliable, and energy dense. People want abundant energy to live developed lives, so until you can improve on these areas with the alternatives, it's always going to be contentious. Whatever the energy source, it needs to power 10B people with western living standards.