New Super Hero Alert: Can Nuclear Energy Can Save Us?

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A new super hero has arrived, and his name is Nuclear Energy. He's here to save the day by providing a clean and efficient source of energy. Listen to learn more.

As young people rightly demand real solutions to climate change, the question is not what to do. eliminate fossil fuels by 2050 but how. Beyond decarbonizing today’s electric grid, we must use clean electricity to replace fossil fuels in transportation, industry and heating. We must provide for the fast-growing energy needs of poorer countries and extend the grid to a billion people who now lack electricity. And still, more electricity will be needed to remove excess carbon dioxide from the atmosphere by midcentury. The popular answer is renewables alone, but this is a fantasy. Wind and solar power are becoming cheaper, but they are not available around the clock, rain or shine, and batteries that could power entire cities for days or weeks show no sign of materializing any time soon.