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"According to you, does nuclear energy contribute to the production of greenhouse gasses (CO2) and to climate change?"

In France a whopping 86% of 18-34 year olds answer YES.

Source: p17 of https://www.orano.group/docs/default-source/orano-doc/presse...



Which is true indeed!

Nuclear power, in a world where transport emits co2, emits co2 (especially during the enrichment phase).

Just waaaaay less than other forms of electricity production (including solar and wind)


It is exactly this which Greenpeace has latched onto for their propagande. The fact that it is true in only the most trivial way is not understood by those on the receiving end.

The end result is a voting population primed to vote against their own interests.


In related news... Book "Inconvenient Facts: The science that Al Gore doesn't want you to know" has almost 300 reviews, 92% 4/5 stars: https://www.amazon.com/Inconvenient-Facts-science-that-doesn...

Quotes from the Facts:

* You will learn that the planet is improving, not in spite of increasing CO2 and rising temperature, but because of it.

* Polar bears are doing just fine

* Ocean acidity = climate pHraud

* Forest fires = fanning the flames of needless panic

...

Museums also educate, with funds from oil companies:

https://thinkprogress.org/smithsonian-stands-by-wildly-misle...

https://io9.gizmodo.com/science-museums-are-skittish-about-c...

How to combat these?


Forget Coal. We can now go Solar directly!




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