- Only nuclear power can lift all humans out of poverty without cooking the planet, or keeping cities like Delhi and Beijing caked in deadly particulate matter.
- Coal and fossil fuels can lift people out of poverty but at a high environmental cost.
- Solar and wind are too diffuse and not reliable enough to power factories and cities, and thus cannot lift people out of poverty nor reduce emissions from fossil fuel-powered electrical systems more than only modestly
- Hydro can lift people out of poverty and is low-carbon, but it’s limited — most rich world rivers are over-dammed.
- Spraying sulfur particles into the atmosphere can temporarily cool the earth but not reduce humankind’s negative environmental impact or lift all people out of poverty.
- Everything is in place to build more nuclear plants.
- They are the safest way to make reliable electricity and use the least amount of natural resources and produce the least amount of waste.
Resources:
“Energy and the Environment.” Environmental Progress, environmentalprogress.org/energy-and-environment/#why-nuclear.