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by headsoup 1355 days ago
I don't think you answered the argument there, merely suggesting it's fine to kick the can down the road because "emergency now!"

First, we need to look at where renewables are being used and if they're actually in the areas of greatest pollution, i.e creating a net reduction rather than just meeting a government number.

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The relevant metric is joules of forcing avoided and joules of forcing avoided per dollar. Nuclear is very rarely a good choice by this metric even compared to changing coal for gas.