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I agree with your sentiment, but by no means does nuclear power "have no carbon footprint". It's still a very carbon-friendly technology, but it's definitely no

• weberer 4y ago
  Neat, nuclear power has only a quarter of the carbon footprint as solar. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/44/CO2_Emissions_from_Electricity_Production_IPCC.png https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/44/CO2_Emis...
  • danans 4y ago
    Nuclear and solar both have about 1/10th the carbon emissions of natural gas, and 1/20th the carbon emissions of coal.
• anonporridge 4y ago
  True, and yet solar photovoltaics has almost 4x the carbon footprint of nuclear fission per unit energy produced, and wind has approximately the same as nuclear. So, for the context of this conversation where Germany is prefering solar and wind to nuclear, and worse, turning to coal in place of natural gas, nuclear is effectively carbon free.
  • chihuahua 4y ago
    You're arguing with people who only see the downside of nuclear power, but refuse to see any downside to other sources of energy. Here we see this for the carbon footprint, but it's also the case many other impacts: Strip-mining for coal, devastating huge areas? This is fine. Radioactive emissions from burning coal? Don't care. Deaths caused by coal pollution and coal mining, compared to deaths caused by nuclear power? 'tis but a scratch. Permanent problems with groundwater caused by decades of coal mining? Lalala I can't hear you.