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Tag Archives: CO2 emissions
100% renewables and 100% nuclear are both practically impossible
I’ve been following with interest how some nuclear power advocates are suggesting that building anything else than nuclear power is sidetracking us from the climate goals. These advocates claim that variable, non-dispatchable renewables will not be ultimately capable of delivering … Continue reading
Why we don’t have the luxury of saying no to low-carbon energy, in one chart
I’ve long maintained that the climate crisis is so acute that humanity simply does not have the luxury of picking and choosing which low-carbon energy sources we’d use. That option was foreclosed perhaps two decades ago, but the idea that … Continue reading
A Response to Lawrence, Sovacool, and Stirling. (Reblogged)
In the following post, Nicholas Thompson performs a very good examination of the much-publicized study that sought to “prove” commitment to nuclear power slows down CO2 emission reductions. Well, turns out the paper suffers from a basic math error – … Continue reading
Posted in Energy, Nuclear energy & weapons
Tagged CO2 emissions, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Nuclear, Rebuttals, Research
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Graphic of the Week: How to reduce emissions fast enough?
According to most estimates, we really are running out of time for the required CO2 emission reductions. Even if we were to achieve peak emissions by 2016, we’d still need global emission reduction rates of around 3% per year – … Continue reading
Posted in Ecomodernism, Infographics, Nuclear energy & weapons
Tagged Belgium, climate policy, CO2 emissions, emission reductions, Energy, France, Germany, Graphic of the week, Nuclear, Sweden
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