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by mig39 36 days ago
A nuclear reactor in the Alberta Oil sands would take care of a large amount of the CO2 produced in the production of crude.
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Doesn’t help with the burning part. Or the stranded infrastructure once the demand goes away.
Nuclear process heat in refining would enable releasing less CO2 per fuel-unit. It doesn’t solve burning directly, but reduces the impact of what is going to happen anyways.
Demand will not go away. There'll be toxic waste to clean up for decades after.