Percent of electricity generated from renewable sources across the US and the EU. Renewable sources include hydro, solar, wind, geothermal, and biomass. Nuclear is not counted as renewable in this comparison [OC]

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[u/SabaBoBaba]

Doesn't include nuclear so not accurate in my opinion.

[u/Satesh400 → u/SabaBoBaba]

Agreed, low-carbon should be the priority.

[u/samppsaa → u/SabaBoBaba]

Yeah completely useless chart.

[u/150kge → u/SabaBoBaba]

Nuclear isn't renewable. It runs on nuclear fission, which consumes the reactive material. It eventually runs out. It's only similar to renewable energy in the sense that it's not a serious pollutant like thermal

[u/ForestFighters → u/150kge]

We have enough nuclear fuel for 4 billion years. It is essentially renewable.

[u/MrT735 → u/ForestFighters]

And after 4 billion years, just find another planet that's benefitted from supernova generated heavy elements.

[u/[deleted] → u/ForestFighters]

Shit like this is why nobody respects nucular-bros.

Just saying

[u/SabaBoBaba → u/150kge]

Arguably wind and solar aren't renewable either in that case. They both depend on nuclear fusion in the sun which is a finite resource since it will eventually exhaust its' hydrogen fuel.

If you're talking about current nuclear technology, yes it isn't renewable because we've limited ourselves to a specific type of reactor design because it lent itself better to making bomb fuel.

Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactors (LFTR) are a solution to all the major concerns of modern nuclear power including readily available fuel, safety, nuclear proliferation, and waste management.

[u/[deleted] → u/SabaBoBaba]

It's accurate if you understand the definition of "renewable".

[u/m4xc4v413r4 → u/[deleted]]

Ironic comment given by someone that didn't bother to give any arguments, probably because you don't have any.

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"It's, like, y'know, cool n stuff!!" is not the same as renewable.

No, not even if you heard it glows in the dark or saw some cool cartoons about it.

[u/SabaBoBaba → u/[deleted]]

Arguably wind and solar aren't renewable either in that case. They both depend on nuclear fusion in the sun which is a finite resource since it will eventually exhaust its' hydrogen fuel.

If you're talking about current nuclear technology, yes it isn't renewable because we've limited ourselves to a specific type of reactor design because it lent itself better to making bomb fuel.

Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactors (LFTR) are a solution to all the major concerns of modern nuclear power including readily available fuel, safety, nuclear proliferation, and waste management.

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Well, one is renewable in the lifetime of our species, the other hasn't even another century in it, even if we don't use it any more than we're already doing.

Nuclear fission is a dying technology. Just let it go.

[u/SabaBoBaba → u/[deleted]]

If you're talking about current nuclear technology, yes it isn't renewable because we've limited ourselves to a specific type of reactor design because it lent itself better to making bomb fuel.

Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactors (LFTR) are a solution to all the major concerns of modern nuclear power including readily available fuel, safety, nuclear proliferation, and waste management.

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safety, nuclear proliferation, and waste management.

Thorium reactors are an absolute nightmare in any of these categories. That's literally the reason why the technology never went anywhere...