Nuclear is a water-guzzling energy source: it cannot survive droughts and climate change
The thirstiest source of electricity is already struggling, and greater risk of droughts will only add to those woes.
The thirstiest source of electricity is already struggling, and greater risk of droughts will only add to those woes.
Faced with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s latest report, some environmental leaders are all too ready to toss a lifeline to aging, uneconomic nuclear power plants. The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS), long venerated as America’s most rigorous nuclear watchdog group, joined this chorus in early November.
How the IPCC’s solutions for reversing the Earth’s warming encourage business as usual.
Myth: We need to build more nuclear power if we want to cut electricity emissions quickly and turn off coal and natural gas power plants. Short answer: Renewables can grow fast because they can be installed practically everywhere rapidly and simultaneously.