The Natural Philosopher wrote:
wrote:
David Hansen wrote:
On Thu, 06 Jul 2006 08:56:24 +0100 someone who may be Mark
wrote this:-

How does Nucleur power generation emit CO2?
Fairly obviously. What is mined is not fuel rods. Converting the ore
into fuel rods is an energy intensive operation.

After it has been "burnt" that is not an end to it, especially if it
is "reprocessed" (another energy intensive operation).

As long as nuclear contributes more energy to the grid than it uses, it
is eliminating carbon emissions.

Reducing, not eliminating.

If nuke reduces total carbon output, then it eliminates some carbon
output.


NT