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5y ago
A really cool project. Good luck to you. One question: why can't the electricity be from nuclear power as well as renewables? The UN IPCC says nuclear is as low in carbon emissions as wind, and around 1/4 that of solar.
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6y ago
Article appears to now be free to read.
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6y ago
If the argument is completely flawed, then that would mean there is an infinite amount of money to spend reducing very small risks. That doesn't seem right. We can't, for example, spend infinite amounts on making cars safer, becau
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6y ago
Do you mean the author of the article or the study? The author provides links to the study. You can also just google NREFS.
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6y ago
The team already did that. http://jvalue.co.uk/covid-19.php
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6y ago
No accounted needed for me.
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6y ago
You're in luck. The lead author or the nuclear J-value author also applied the method to COVID-19: http://jvalue.co.uk/covid-19.php
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6y ago
"Not sure what to make of this article. Nuclear power is by far the cleanest and safest way of generating energy" Did you even read the article? Or at least the summary? It's a pro nuclear piece.