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hunter

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1. Nuclear power is the only energy resource capable of displacing fossil fuels entirely.

Reply to Wicked Blue (Original post)

Wed Jan 21, 2026, 07:29 PM

Wednesday

The carbon intensity of Japan's electric grid this past year is fairly dismal at

463g CO₂eq/kWh.

Compare this to nuclear powered France at

56g CO₂eq/kWh.

(High numbers are bad.)

Without nuclear power Japan is dependent on filthy imported natural gas and coal.

Solar, wind, and other non-nuclear "green" energy resources alone are not capable of supporting earth's current human population of 8 billion.

https://app.electricitymaps.com/map/zone/JP/12mo/monthly

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Nuclear power is the only energy resource capable of displacing fossil fuels entirely. hunter Wednesday #1

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