More of the 2016 disastrous CO2 climate year, May 29, 2016 4.16 ppm worse than May 31, 2015

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3. The use of nuclear power since 1965

The use of nuclear power may have allowed us to avoid about 10% of our CO2 emissions since 1965 (calculated on an end-use basis, with nuclear power displacing coal and gas use, but not oil.)

Or perhaps the use of nuclear power has just allowed the global economy to grow a bit faster. That growth may have offset any potential CO2 savings due to the increased consumption of fossil fuels associated with the growth (hello William Stanley Jevons...)