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> Nuclear power [...] indirect carbon footprint is enormous Do you have sources for this? I completely concur that nuclear energy is too expensive, problematic
by myrmidon 5y ago
> Nuclear power [...] indirect carbon footprint is enormous
Do you have sources for this? I completely concur that nuclear energy is too expensive, problematic and by now much too late to help with the climate crisis, but from what I found it is quite competitive with wind and solar in total CO2 emissions per kwh of energy (the numbers I found were all between 5 and 25 gram Co2/kwh for these three, compared to >500 for any fossil alternative).
This makes sense to me since turbines and panels also need to be manufactured, transported and installed, after all...