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By Scott Sumner
The New Yorker has a good article on nuclear power, which discusses the imminent shutdown of a nuclear power plant in California that produces 9% of their electricity, with zero carbon emissions: Today, the looming disruptions of climate change have altered the risk calculus around nuclear energy. James Hansen, the nasa scientist credited with first bringing global warming to public attention, in 1988, has long advocated a vast expansion of nuclear power to replace fossil fuels. Even some environmental groups...
Rarely does one see such unambiguous good news as this: The Berkeley City Council has unanimously voted to become the first Bay Area city to end single-family zoning. . . . Berkeley was the first city in the country to enact single-family zoning more than...
The real crux of the problem is that new reactor designs are not being deployed. The traditional reactors were very large with high electrical output. Smaller reactors were thought to be inefficient but that's not true. I also read The New Yorker piece and it's not evident that Diablo Canyon needs to be decommissioned. Of course PG&E is not in the best financial position because of ongoing liability for the fires in Northern California.
Alan Goldhammer , February 25, 8:42 am.
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