Does Nuclear count as Green Energy? I feel like it should, since it doesn’t really pollute and lasts a lot.

  • dillekant@slrpnk.net
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    11 months ago

    Fusion has basically nothing to do with climate change. Even if Fusion were cracked tomorrow, the scale out would be such that you couldn’t meaningfully supply a lot of base load power before you’d need to be net neutral. My take is that fusion, when available, alongside solar, would be used for carbon dioxide removal.

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      11 months ago

      Technically the same goes for fission, as new reactors take well over a decade to build nowadays, which is too late for our climate goals and typically diverts resources away from renewables.