Nick Cunningham reporter for oilprice.com asks a well biased question -
Can nuclear help avoid the worst effects of climate change? Does that mean the O and G folks believe there is a problem in Houston?
The International Energy Agency recently provided a roadmap for nuclear power, detailing how the technology could help keep global temperature increases within a 2-degree scenario. According to the IEA report, between 2015 and 2050 total installed nuclear power capacity around the world would need to more than double from 396 gigawatts to 930 GW.
To get there, the IEA says that the world will need to see an additional 20 GW of new nuclear capacity each year, a scenario that from this vantage point seems highly unlikely, says Mr. Cunningham. The IEA admits as much, and says several key things must happen in order for the industry to ramp up in such a rapid fashion.
The need to train a skilled workforce, greater standardization, more public acceptance, and a resolution to long-term nuclear waste storage feature among the key objectives. There are good reasons to believe that these problems could theoretically be addressed, albeit with great political difficulty.
Question - Are the Republicans pro O and G, pro-climate change, and pro-nuclear?
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