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Environment & Energy

kristopher

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1. The nuclear model requires steadily expanding energy consumption

Reply to OKIsItJustMe (Original post)

Sun May 26, 2013, 07:43 PM

May 2013

Renewables work to decrease consumption because they foster system-wide efficiency. Together, efficiency measures and renewable energy leave virtually no demand that could be satisfied by nuclear (this was pointed out as a warning by investor analyst's for Citigroup in 2008).

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(British) Coalition to reject EU renewable energy targets [View all] OKIsItJustMe May 2013 OP

The nuclear model requires steadily expanding energy consumption kristopher May 2013 #1

The industrial model of civilization requires steadily expanding energy consumption GliderGuider May 2013 #2

Not this idiotic crap again. kristopher May 2013 #3

Just can't wrap you head around it? GliderGuider May 2013 #4