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Originally Posted by HarryT
Nuclear power does not generate "greenhouse gases".
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Correct whilst it is in operation - but what are the greenhouse emissions in the installment of the power station and then again in de-commissioning.
Wind power generation is 'free', but again the infrastructure needed generates pollution upto assembly.
btw, wind-power uses a 'free' resource, therefore at some time the electricity thus generated should become free - until that point is seems that wind-generated electricity is (currently) more expensive than others.
The main reason it is seemingly successful is due almost entirely on govt. subsidy. But even if every square mile is filled with turbines there will remain the need for backup to be maintained for those occasions of insufficient wind.
The abiding issue is to discover the most efficient power, that which generates for the least cost in terms of finance/pollution etc ..... and to date there isn't really one - only theory.