• KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    5 months ago

    natural gas is only 40% cleaner than coal. Petroleum is probably about the same, if not worse, due to all the dirty oil we refine on a daily basis.

    The fact that nuclear is still significantly better than coal, and it’s comparatively “clean” alternatives, should be a fucking telling statement.

    Oh and on the fact of coal power plants, i would recommend you look into australia, clean coal, china, germany (post gas export shenanigans) and steel manufacturing (though that’s not a power plant)

    • mojo_raisin@lemmy.world
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      5 months ago

      The fact that nuclear is still significantly better than

      If you ignore that near everlasting radioactive waste problem we have yet to come with a solution for.