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We're closer to tripling renewable energy capacity by 2030 than we look – IEA (electrek.co)

submitted 5 months ago by threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works to c/energy

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[–] sushibowl@feddit.nl 6 points 5 months ago

You need to put this in perspective. Solar and wind waste streams are bigger than nuclear, but much, much smaller than coal and completely insignificant compared to regular old municipal waste.

If you switch from coal to solar right now you will save much more waste than waiting a decade for a nuclear plant to come online. Even if you start building the nuclear plant now, you will still save waste by building solar and throwing it in the trash once your nuclear is online. Anything to switch away from coal faster.