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This forbes article from 2 years ago (https://www.forbes.com/sites/rogerpielke/2019/09/30/net-zero-carbon-dioxide-emissions-by-2050-requires-a-new-nuclear-power
by mac01021 5y ago
This forbes article from 2 years ago (https://www.forbes.com/sites/rogerpielke/2019/09/30/net-zero-carbon-dioxide-emissions-by-2050-requires-a-new-nuclear-power-plant-every-day/?sh=3b43285235f7 https://www.forbes.com/sites/rogerpielke/2019/09/30/net-zero...) explains that, to replace the world's fossil fuel consumption with nuclear power consumption by 2050, a new nuclear power station would have to be brought online every day between now and then.
I intuit (perhaps wrongly) that even one per 10 days is extremely far fetched.
So, if 2050 is the deadline by which we must become carbon neutral in order to prevent catastrophic levels of climate change, I guess nuclear power cannot amount to as much as 10% of the solution.
- sesuximo 5y agoNuclear power already produces about 10% of world electricity https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/current-and-future-generation/nuclear-power-in-the-world-today.aspx https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/current-and-fu...
- mac01021 5y agoThat's true, but does not contradict any of the above. First, because much of our energy use is currently not electric. Second, because we're concerned with the energy consumption that is currently _not_ accounted for by nuclear power, not the portion that already is.