Prof. Jason Donev is tenured at the University of Calgary. He leads the world’s largest and most used energy resource for adults, www.EnergyEducation.ca. As a reviewer for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Prof. Donev works to help people understand nuclear power's role in providing reliable energy without emitting greenhouse gases.
Jason talks about how much energy people around the world use, with a reminder that electricity is only a fraction of our overall energy budget. Jason describes nuclear energy’s advantages and disadvantages compared with the other major sources of electricity. We also discuss some concerns people have about nuclear energy, including its overall safety and storing its waste products.
A video recording is also available:
Anti-nuclear-energy ideology is truly laughable when the reality is that its harm to people and the environment has been statistically zero relative to that of other sources of reliable power! People want what they want, and won't do what's good for them if it requires sacrifice, so good luck with other climate-change/environmental initiatives in the short term... My only real concern with increased abundance of better energy is the Jevons Paradox, which will bring us back to exactly where we are now, barring a hardware upgrade to humans...
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