UK to put nuclear power at heart of net zero emissions strategy

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Originally Posted by Switch

^Very accurate, up to a point, but totally wasted on Backspin, because you included so many irrefutable facts that his few brain cells will be severely overloaded.

Backspin has read one article on line, taken any shit out of context, that supports his warped view of reality, and decided that ‘nuclear is clean’.
The utter thick imbecile.

Americans with a similar mindset voted for Trump.

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You are a hopeless bastard. WTF happens to worn out windmills or lithium ion batteries ? Comparatively, nuclear has the least waste by far.

https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media...zkycuz3utd.jpg

Non recyclable wind turbine blades are filling up landfills. No waste here nah.

https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cp...berecycled.jpg

I believe both the USA and the USSR had designs for nuclear powered planes. However, the shielding required to protect the crew as well as the dangers following crashes prevented anything going into production.

Battery technology has improved greatly in recent times but they are still too heavy to consider for passenger aircraft.

Airbus are planning their future on hydrogen engines. However, storage and delivery is still a problem without weight penalties. There is also the fear factor after the zeppelin accidents.

Fossil fuel based energy will be with us for at least a couple more generations.

^ While plenty of quality coal is still available, disreputable, or poor countries will continue to exploit it. Fracking for shale oil smacks of desperation to wean countries off Middle East supplies.

Perhaps not as many generations as you think?

Aircraft technologies for more efficient and cleaner power exist for a very good reason. Once the breakthrough occurs, economies of scale will make it available for air travel.

Not everything moves slowly enough for your dated philosophy to keep up. :)