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NeoGreen

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7. Worth repeating...

Reply to NeoGreen (Reply #5)

Fri Sep 6, 2019, 12:10 PM

Sep 2019

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It turns out that relying on nuclear energy is actually a bad strategy for combating climate change: One accident wiped out Japan’s carbon gains. Only a turn to renewables and conservation brought the country back on target.

Think about that, it only took 1 accident. One nuclear accident.

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great! let's put a chernobyl in every back yard! nt msongs Sep 2019 #1

Or we can use sensible fact based science rather than defacto7 Sep 2019 #4

Because history shows that every nuclear plant is Igel Sep 2019 #8

Even as more renewables come online, total demand still grows. Beartracks Sep 2019 #2

Intermittent forms of energy are an environmental disaster. NNadir Sep 2019 #3

Nuclear is not the answer... NeoGreen Sep 2019 #5

Worth repeating... NeoGreen Sep 2019 #7

Which is why Igel Sep 2019 #9

There is only one answer to our future energy supply conundrum... NeoGreen Sep 2019 #6