Electricity is only 28% of global emissions. What about the other 3/4ths?
And on that 28%...
The Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) has accurately estimated the planet's economically accessible uranium resources, reactors could run more than 200 years at current rates of consumption.
Nuclear energy now provides about 10% of the world’s electricity from about 445 power reactors.
> Electricity is only 28% of global emissions. What about the other 3/4ths?
How much of fixing the other 3/4ths requires more electricity to substitute?
> The Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) has accurately estimated the planet's economically accessible uranium resources, reactors could run more than 200 years at current rates of consumption.
Indeed! Nuclear breeder reactors, which have been the long-term plan all along, are just as sustainable as wind and solar on Earth. It's sad how many people have forgotten about breeder reactors. One of the first reactors ever built on the planet was designed to prove that breeding was possible, which it did in 1952. [1]
Plus, nuclear makes heat and electricity. The heat can be used to help with building heating directly with conventional reactors, and can help with industrial processes as well. Higher-temperature reactors can more directly handle industrial process heat.
Electricity is only 28% of global emissions. What about the other 3/4ths?
And on that 28%...
The Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) has accurately estimated the planet's economically accessible uranium resources, reactors could run more than 200 years at current rates of consumption.
Nuclear energy now provides about 10% of the world’s electricity from about 445 power reactors.
This isn't hard math.