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> ...nuclear power, it's not "renewable" per se, but it's very low on carbon... Sorry, but no. The whole life carbon emissions (WLCE) of nuclear are deeply con
by hkt 3y ago
> ...nuclear power, it's not "renewable" per se, but it's very low on carbon...
Sorry, but no. The whole life carbon emissions (WLCE) of nuclear are deeply contested and estimates from academic studies tend to be much higher than those of governmental bodies like the UK's committee on climate change and the IPCC's estimates.
For more information that can dispel this myth, see: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0306261921002555 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S03062...
- phtrivier 3y agoI wrote "very low on carbon" precisely to not write "zero carbon", so I'm not so sure we really disagree here. From the abstract: > Results for the process-based, input-output, and hybrid methods range between 16.55–17.69, 18.82–35.15, and 24.61–32.74 gCO2e/kWh, That's in the ballpark of what you can get from other sources [1]. And it's still: * an order of magnitude lower than coal * almost an order of magnitude lower than gas * in the same order of magnitude as the other renewables (PV / Wind / hydro.) [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life-cycle_greenhouse_gas_emissions_of_energy_sources#Global%20warming%20potential%20of%20selected%20electricity%20sources https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life-cycle_greenhouse_gas_emis...