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NNadir

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14. Again, bullshit: Pot and Kettle. I have merely pointed out that climate gas reductions in China can be attributed...
Thu Mar 26, 2026, 01:23 PM
17 hrs ago

...to a massive rate of building nuclear powerplants, not seen on this planet since the 20th century in the United States and France.

Attributing the reductions to unreliable energy, with a low capacity factor and thus incapable of addressing coal use, solar energy, is dishonest, and is an effort to deny evidence.

The data on the construction of nuclear power plants in China is publicly available:

Reactor database, China

The link gives the 2024 output of China's nuclear plants: 417,518 GWh. Note that this is a unit of energy, not power. It translates in SI units to 1.5 Exajoules of electricity, and a primary energy output, given that most of these plants are Rankine devices with an efficiency of roughly 33%, 4.6 Exajoules of primary energy.

In percent talk this primary energy is over 50% of the energy provided by all of the solar facilities on the planet as of 2024, as reported in post #9 with respect to the WEO data tables found on page 420 of the 2025 WEO.

I've been a working scientist for 40 years, and I don't need a lecture on the topic of evidence and data from hand wavers and dreamers, particularly when they demonstrate no ability to understand numbers.

Feel free to get back to me on the question of whether 9 + 9 = 18 is greater than 31.

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James Hansen et al: Ice melt, sea level rise and superstorms: evidence from paleoclimate data, climate modeling, and... OKIsItJustMe Yesterday #1
Yes, but Fukushima was worse, right? NNadir 23 hrs ago #2
False Dichotomy OKIsItJustMe 21 hrs ago #3
Bullshit. There is a CAUSE of the climate collapse, and it is the use of fossil fuels. NNadir 21 hrs ago #4
Yes OKIsItJustMe 20 hrs ago #5
Bullshit again. Nuclear energy is the ONLY form of power, worldwide, that exceeds the capacity utilization of coal... NNadir 20 hrs ago #6
As usual, you suggest that anyone who disagrees with you in the slightest degree is ignorant and/or stupid OKIsItJustMe 20 hrs ago #7
As usual I note that while I respect and utilize the IEA tables giving historical data, I have zero respect for... NNadir 19 hrs ago #9
Something you won't bother to read OKIsItJustMe 19 hrs ago #8
I read all day long, but I am very clear that the word "Watt" is a unit of PEAK power, not energy. If one... NNadir 19 hrs ago #10
The sort of evidence you ignore because it doesn't support your narrative OKIsItJustMe 18 hrs ago #11
I refer you to post #9 in this thread. As for climate gas reductions in China, attributing them to solar... NNadir 18 hrs ago #12
A scientist looks at evidence for and against their theories OKIsItJustMe 18 hrs ago #13
Again, bullshit: Pot and Kettle. I have merely pointed out that climate gas reductions in China can be attributed... NNadir 17 hrs ago #14
From the data at the link in post #14, one can calculate that the capacity utilization of nuclear plants in China NNadir 17 hrs ago #15
Um, it would seem - not all that surprising - that "I'm not an antinuke" antinukes around here no nothing at all... NNadir 5 sec ago #18
China is adding renewable capacity MUCH faster than it is adding Nuclear. thought crime 12 hrs ago #16
The "nukes-only" folk don't understand the word "transition". thought crime 12 hrs ago #17
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