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“As much as Republicans must listen to the science, our party has the same obligation to listen to scientists [on need for nuclear energy]. The data speaks for itself.”

— Dem Presidential candidate Sen Cory Booker

@AlexCKaufman

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Right about now would be a great time for 2024 Dem. Presidential candidate & current Calif. Gov. @GavinNewsom to get behind legislation to count nuclear as renewable and SAVE DIABLO CANYON

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“It’s time for Bernie Sanders to retire,” said climate scientist James Hansen. “India & China have no prayer of phasing out coal without nuclear. Thousands of people PER DAY are dying from pollution. Not only is he killing people in India, he is screwing my grandchildren.”
Here’s the link to the piece quoting Jim Hansen

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Mike Shellenberger
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We had a great talk with Labour Party leader @jeremycorbyn & Chair of All-Party Group on Climate @alexsobel on the importance of nuclear to Britain's energy security given the phase-out of coal, growing reliance on imported nat gas & inherent unreliability of renewables

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@jeremycorbyn @alexsobel Britain currently gets electricity from the following mix of reliable and unreliable sources

Reliable:

Nuclear: 19%
Coal: 5%
Nat gas: 39%
Hydro: 2%
Biomass: 11%
Oil: 1%
Other fossil: 2%

Unreliable

Wind: 17%
Solar: 4%
@jeremycorbyn @alexsobel When you look around the world, it's only those nations that have a significant amount of electricity from nuclear that have decarbonized their electricity grids like Sweden, France, & Switzerland.

Hydro is great for as far as it goes, but Britain is near its max for hydro.
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Mike Shellenberger
@ShellenbergerMD
Everything they say about homelessness is wrong

- It's a problem of mental illness & drug addiction, not poverty

- It results from eroding social norms & family breakdown, not lack of housing

You don't have to agree but should take @HMDatMI seriously

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@HMDatMI California made homelessness worse by making perfect housing the enemy of good housing, by liberalizing drug laws, and by opposing mandatory treatment for mental illness and drug addiction.

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@HMDatMI "I made repeated inquiries along Hyde Street about the going rate for a dose of fentanyl, the city’s up-and-coming drug of choice. To get a quote, I would have to show the money, I was told. I offered $8, not wanting to overpay..." @HMDatMI

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Mike Shellenberger
@ShellenbergerMD
Only some kind of conspiracy theorist would imagine that the big oil companies are spending hundreds of millions of dollars promoting unreliable renewables in order to lock-in natural gas
“Natural gas is the perfect partner for renewables”

“No sun, no wind, no problem”

“See why #natgas is a natural partner for renewable power sources”

“Committed to solar”

“We see possibilities everywhere”

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“Solar farms that float”

Preventing sunlight, insects, and birds from reaching waterways by covering them with large quantities of glass and metal panels... sounds absolutely wonderful for the local ecology. What could go wrong?
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Eloy Sanz
@elmanyana
What does the IPCC say about #nuclear energy? ☢️
In this thread, I will try to summarize in a simple, complete and objective way ALL the points risen by the @IPCC_CH 🇺🇳 about this #energy source in its latest report: “Global Warming of 1.5ºC”🌍 Surprises are assured...👇🏽
Let's start with some background. Why do we talk about 1.5?
In the Paris Agreement at the end of 2015, 195 countries agreed to hold the average temperature increase below 2°C and to make efforts to limit it to 1.5°C. It was a major diplomatic and environmental achievement. 🎆👏🏽
The IPCC was asked for a report on the effects of global warming of 1.5°C and the possible pathways that would avoid exceeding this threshold. The effort was huge: 224 authors reviewed more than 6,000 scientific articles and more than 42,000 comments from expert reviewers.
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Oscar Archer
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33 years ago: the prototype of the Integral Fast Reactor demonstrated exactly the kind of intrinsic designed-in safety still demanded by #nuclear energy's loudest critics.
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That's safety. Waste? It was designed from the beginning to run on used fuel. It was designed to be the solution to most activist's No. 1 objection to #nuclearenergy. nature.com/articles/48632… 2/4
This type of reactor is estimated to put out well under 1 gram CO₂-equivalent per kilowatt hour (gCO₂e/kWh) over its lifecycle. Compare that to some of today's national grids: electricitymap.org
actinideage.wordpress.com/2017/06/15/mis… 3/4
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Bansi Sharma
@bansisharma
Dem Presidential Candidate Andrew Yang Opposes Cuts of Another Kind

Says we need less cutting, more stimulus. Comes out strongly against ... circumcision.
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He talks with precision
Says no to circumcision
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He wants you to have skin in the game.
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Sauvons Le Climat
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The Future of #Nuclear Energy in a Carbon-Constrained World
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Rob K
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After realizing that there is much to learn before we understand what exactly their super evil plans for us are, I feel like I need to compile a few thoughts from he science realm... This may help us get a better idea about DNA manipulation and 5G implications...
Let's take a quick look at what DNA, as well as RNA, in this cute #Science video by the Amoeba Sisters on the UuuTube ; )

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Rauli Partanen
@Kaikenhuippu
Thread of the day: Techno-economically, #Nuclear could pretty much stop #climatechange. We need to stop lamenting how hard it is to build because it's politically unpopular (circular argument) and instead start making it more popular. Inherently it's an awesome tech. Here's why:
1/6 First, it is and has been the safest energy source in modern history, by far. This includes accidents, whole life/fuel-cycle and waste storage. The image of #nuclear being dangerous is a dangerous misconception. The most dangerous NPP is one that doesn’t get built!
2/6 The waste issue has been blown out of proportions. #Nuclear waste is the best: 1. It’s tiny. 2. It’s fully collected and accounted for 3. It’s recyclable/reusable. 4. It’s solid and easy to store. 5. It gets less harmful with time, much faster than people think.
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