Ask Pablo: Is Nuclear Power Really “Carbon Neutral?”
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Dear Pablo: Too often I hear politicians, lobbyists, and others advocating for nuclear power, but doesn’t the processing of the fuel take a huge amount of energy? So how can they call it carbon neutral?
The short answer is that nuclear energy is not “carbon neutral.” Wind and solar can also not be said to be entirely without greenhouse gas emissions. But with truly renewable energy sources such as solar and wind we are talking about a one-time “investment” of greenhouse gas emissions when the solar panels or windmills are built. The energy pa…Read the full story on TreeHugger
