Zelo razumen članek v The Guardianu, ki poudarja, da je jedrska energija edina resna opcija, če želimo zagotoviti domači razvoj in omogočiti državam v razvoju, da zrastejo iz revščine. Vsi ostali viri so bodisi “umazani” (elektrarne na premog ali plin), nezadostni (hidro elektrarne) ali nezanesljivi in dragi (OVE sonca in vetra). Jedrska energija je najcenejši nizkoogljični vir elektrike.
Today, 700 million people live in extreme poverty (defined as living on less than $2.15 per day). They won’t climb out of it without access to more energy. Making as much energy as possible available to as many people as possible ought to be a defining goal of the 21st century.
But there is an elephant in the room: the climate emergency. Our energy supply is responsible for three-quarters of our global greenhouse gas emissions. Plot a second graph, this time of carbon emissions per capita against energy consumption per capita: you’ll draw another straight line. So, how do we promote energy abundance and the prosperity it enables without sacrificing the natural environment?

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