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In reply to the discussion: Nuclear power and the French energy transition: It’s the economics, stupid! [View all]joshcryer
(62,269 posts)13. I should have said "address the external costs of coal."
I do not believe that what is happening now is driving the came process that a carbon tax would. I think that what is happening now with the failure of Rio+20, the desire to build coal export ports, and China and India's desire to build many more coal plants, as well as further unconventional oil exploration by the United States; I think all of those things indicate we aren't doing anything of substance. Yes the markets will still drive renewables as a niche, but until they become watt for watt cheaper (not capacity, delievered energy), and available on a wide basis that allows intellectual property sharing, coal will remain king.
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Nuclear power and the French energy transition: It’s the economics, stupid! [View all]
kristopher
Jan 2013
OP
German carbon emissions from electricity generation went up in 2011
muriel_volestrangler
Jan 2013
#7
I realized I wasn't ready to start discussing this yet, for a variety of reasons.
GliderGuider
Feb 2013
#32
Even after Fukushima, twice as many French support nuclear power as are against
wtmusic
Feb 2013
#38
I always thought the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists was written by scientists
wtmusic
Feb 2013
#43
You have to admit your standards of what constitute "science" are very subjective
kristopher
Feb 2013
#48