Nuclear 2.0

the long version

Everything you thought you knew about nuclear power is wrong. This is just as well, because nuclear energy is essential to avoid catastrophic global warming. The latest energy statistics show that wind and solar power still contribute only about 1% of global primary energy. So, while renewables will surely play an important part in our future energy strategy, expecting them to deliver all the world's power is dangerously delusional. Moreover, with no possibility of reducing the world's energy usage -- when the developing world is fast extricating itself from poverty and adding the equivalent of a new Brazil to the global electricity consumption each year -- additional solutions are needed. This book details how the antinuclear movement of the 1970s and 1980s succeeded only in making the world more dependent on fossil fuels. Instead of making the same mistake again, this book shows how all those who want to see a low-carbon future need to join forces by backing an ambitious proposal for a combined investment in wind, solar, and nuclear power. - Publisher.