Why The Pro-Nuclear Movement Is Winning

Michael Shellenberger · 29 Oct 2021

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Only baseload hydro-electric and nuclear power plants can replace fossil fuels.

Their wordsOnly baseload hydro-electric and nuclear power plants can replace fossil fuels.
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Over-investment in unreliable renewables and underinvestment in nuclear, hydro-electricity, and natural gas resulted in energy shortages and rising electricity prices.

Their wordsAnd over-investment in unreliable renewables and underinvestment in nuclear, hydro-electricity, and natural gas, over the last decade, directly resulted in today's energy shortages, skyrocketing electricity prices, and a return to coal around the world.
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Nuclear energy is necessary to address climate change, protect the environment, and lift people out of poverty.

Their wordsWe need it to address climate change, and protect the environment. But most of all we need nuclear to lift people out of poverty, and power our remarkable civilization

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