Solving Climate: Renewables or Nuclear?

[greenman3610]

from my interview with Mark Jacobson this past December.
cut with remarks from Bill Gates, others.

[larkrake]

1. Nothing good about nuclear energy

[newthinking]

2. Germany just produced more electricity with renewable than it could use

that blasted a hole in the arguments that renewables can't do it.

Thanks for this. Excellent vid.

[RoccoR5955]

3. Whenever they mention the costs of nuclear power, and the risks.

I always ask them what they are going to do with the waste, and what happens if they run out of room for waste.
And what are we going to do with the reactor when it reaches the end of its life? How much is that going to cost, and is is figured into the cost of energy?

The good thing about renewables is that there is ZERO waste!

[jwirr]

4. And no one wants it in their back yard and we can easily see

why by watching what is happening in Japan.

The difference between Germany and the USA is that in Germany's government is helping to lead the way in the same way that FDR's Rural Electrification was done. In the USA we are still subsidizing fossil fuels and expecting individuals to make this huge change.