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To be fair it's a resource poor (having only modest coal deposits) nation for electricity generation that idled most of their nuclear reactors after Fukushima.
by joecool1029 4y ago
To be fair it's a resource poor (having only modest coal deposits) nation for electricity generation that idled most of their nuclear reactors after Fukushima. That greatly increases their carbon output.
- franciscop 4y agoIt's actually renewable-heavy, I don't know the details (which might be important here) but Japan is very rich in wind and water resources, so solar, eolic and hydro could be major players. If only there weren't usual typhoons and floods and earthquakes that could make those nonviable (that's why details might be important).