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People (not just left leaning ones) seem to be more afraid of nuclear power and radiation from it than fossil fuels, despite the greater radiation in coal ash and the radioactive waste from oil and gas extraction. That seems to be a hard public relations hill for nuclear power to climb.
You can thank eco-zealots for that. They interfere in taking measured approach. Jump into action on a complex issue, at times doing more harm than good.
Eco zealots or fossil fuel companies? The latter have plenty of reason to keep the competition like nuclear power unpopular.
Wait until Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant becomes a national disaster because the power fails.
Fossil fuel interests are also bankrolling solar/wind movement. Between 2016 and 2019, Exxon-Mobile, Royal Dutch, Chevron, BP and Total spent $1B into advertising and lobbying for renewables. Reason? According to 2019 study, to convert to solar and wind 100% in the US, we’d need battery facilities costing $23T, to store energy for “rainy” days. Until then, we need standby power generators powered by gas. As renewable increases, so does fossil fuel consumption.
Fossil fuel as sometimes-used backup generation will be used less than if fossil fuel were used for all generation.
True. The increase comes from reducing nuclear power generation apparently. I am guessing nuclear power generation is not as flexible as gas generation.
While the US is making strides in moving from power plants fueled by fossil fuels, the rest of the world needs to get on board reducing carbon emissions. For example—China.
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Eagles in NY will be killed by the wind energy production. Dolphins will be the victims in offshore wind production in New England. Anything physical that big, 600ft, will have environmental effect. Negatively.
How does that compare to wildlife affected by oil drilling?
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I am guessing less since the physical dimension of oil drilling is much smaller per unit energy produced. Per unit energy produced, oil drilling is disturbing smaller area.
Don’t forget the effect of oil spills and other pollution from extracting and refining petroleum.
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The relatively recent development of hydraulic fracturing methods has increased land use requirements exponentially in comparison to earlier methods of the fossil fuel industry. Not incidentally, it was the prospect of extensive use of this technology in Canada toward which James Hansen directed his “game over” comment.