I once made a project with green energy for the school.

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just curious but how can nuclear energy not be effecient in reducing co2 emissions? I understand that the waste stays radioactive for years, but the amount of waste that a nuclear power plant generates is very low especially when compared to a coal power plant

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There's the large energy costs associated with mining and processing the uranium (usually mined at a grade around or below 4g/t). Once it's out of the ground and in metallic form, it needs to be enriched and processed. This of course leaves plenty of unusable ²³⁸U to deal with before it's even been converted into uranium dioxide fuel pellets. Not to mention all the energy expended in dealing with the various waste products, which remain dangerous for a very long time.

On top of that, uranium is another limited resource, which we will eventually run out of.

Hope that made sense.

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okay, I'm still partial to nuclear power plants though, I live near one, and it employs lots of people in the area

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Great article! Thanks a lot for using and featuring my stock!

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thanks for posting!

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Great article, thanks for featuring one of my photos!

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I am reading Field Notes from a Catastrophe (Man, Nature, and Climate Change) by Elizabeth Kolbert... I am actually being forced to read this as a summer book by my college, but I think it's very interesting..

It's by this woman who traveled the world to find PROOF that global warming is real. And it is, all these things happening in the world are not coincidental.

If you are interested in finding out what is happening to the earth and what people around the world are doing about it, you should pick up a copy. Its like $13.95, but it's very concise and informative.

Unfortunately, there are some scientists who proved by physics that even if we stopped CO2 emissions altogether, the intertia of the earth getting warmer will not stop... Of course the earth won't be as hot as it COULD be if we continued being clumsy with what we stuff up in the air, but it'll definitely be hot, and different, by the middle of the century. But it won't be destroyed.