Thread by @shellenberger

Nuclear is our best source of energy & yet it's under attack everywhere

Enough is enough. On Oct 20, 2019, pro-nuclear people will "Stand Up for Nuclear" in dozens of cities around the world

Will you help make history?

Sign up today — & please share!

standupfornuclear.org

Momentum is on our side. In just three years the pro-nuclear movement has saved nuclear plants in Illinois, New York, South Korea, Connecticut, New Jersey, and Ohio. And we are on the cusp of victories in Belgium, Taiwan, France and Netherland

forbes.com/sites/michaels…

Just look at France & Germany

Nuclear-heavy French electricity produces 10% of the pollution at nearly half the price as renewables-heavy German electricity

By 2020, Germany will have spent $580B to increase electricity prices 50% without significantly reducing emissions

Everyone says they want electricity from clean energy and yet the share of electricity from clean energy has declined since the mid-1990s, in part because of the decline of nuclear.

Those nations that get most of their electricity from clean energy sources — like Belgium, Sweden, & France — do so with nuclear, not solar and wind

Nuclear is far and away the best energy for the natural environment.

It takes 450 times more land to generate the same amount of electricity from solar as from nuclear

It takes 17x more materials to generate same electricity from solar farms as nuclear plants

Nuclear is the safest way to make electricity and has actually saved 2 million lives that would have been shortened by air pollution

environmentalprogress.org/the-complete-c…