MattMastodon, 10 months ago to europe in How dependent is France on Niger's uranium?

@Claidheamh

We certainly need to spend the money now on #renewables to get #ZeroCarbon and mitigate #climate breakdown.

I assume you are talking about #embodied energy and found this.

But I would say embodied energy of renewables or #nuclear is almost irrelevant as it is a one off. It's an investment so will reap a massive reward in CO2 reduction year on year.

However, cost is a real problem for nuclear. And in terms of scaling up fast, #wind & #solar seem best.

https://www.carbonbrief.org/solar-wind-nuclear-amazingly-low-carbon-footprints/