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Solar power expected to dominate electricity generation by 2050—even without more ambitious climate policies (techxplore.com)

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Solar power expected to dominate electricity generation by 2050—even without more ambitious climate policies::In pursuit of the ambitious goal of reaching net-zero emissions, nations worldwide must expand their use of clean energy sources. In the case of solar energy, this change may already be upon us.

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[–] frezik@midwest.social 2 points 1 year ago

I'm in favor of subsidizing nuclear reactors that can reuse waste. That's a better idea than the current strategy of letting it sit around, or the potential future of burying it and hoping nobody digs it up again millennia from now.

There is little other reason to bother with nuclear anymore.