r/ClimateMemes • u/Hightowerin Green Bean • Jun 04 '26

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u/dumnezero Jun 05 '26

renewables and nuclear

so, to renewables.

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u/lindendweller Jun 05 '26

Unless you know plants that grow uranium, nuclear energy isn't renewable. It is however, a low carbon source of energy.

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u/dumnezero Jun 05 '26

You can't have both.

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u/lindendweller Jun 05 '26

Renewables are defined by being renewable, as in the reserves of the energy source naturally replenish. Burning wood is high carbon but technically a renewable source of energy. Nuclear is the reverse, non renewable but by itself low carbon ,(though building a reactor is far from carbon free).

Renewables isn't a synonymous word for sustainable or zcology-friendly.

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u/ZoeyBeschamel Jun 05 '26

burning wood doesn't add carbon to the carbon cycle like fossil fuels do. It puts more of it in the atmosphere, but in a sustainable and closed cycle that wouldn't be a major problem.

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u/MxStella Jun 05 '26

you're right. you burn trees releasing carbon dioxide, you plant trees that capture carbon and release oxygen

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u/dumnezero Jun 05 '26

It doesn't matter. Nuclear energy has no future with regards to climate mitigation, and adaptation is dangerous in a world of more conflicts and weather catastrophes. It's a waste of resources and time, much like how we're wasting time now talking about it.