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Maybe in a year or two renewables will reach the deployment rate of fission 40 years ago. I'm glad the green energy transition has finally lurched back into mot
by jjoonathan 3y ago
Maybe in a year or two renewables will reach the deployment rate of fission 40 years ago. I'm glad the green energy transition has finally lurched back into motion, but no, I do not think it was worth the 200 gigatons of CO2 we dumped into the atmosphere in the meantime. I'm speaking of the US alone; multiply it up for a global perspective.
- jeffbee 3y agoRenewable deployment in 2023 is already 25x higher than the peak year of fission deployment.
- jjoonathan 3y agoThe world has developed a lot in 40 years, that's a pretty silly comparison. But let's play this game -- the cost of delay is now more like 800 gigatons of CO2. It wasn't worth it, but I'm glad the bleeding has finally begun to slow.