Nuclear Power Is Our Best Hope To Ditch Fossil Fuels | Isabelle Boemeke @TED #tedtalks #ted
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What if instead of
viewing nuclear power
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as destructive,
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we view it as a force for
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energy independence.
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Nuclear power has the
lowest life cycle emissions
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of all energy sources,
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producing only three tons of CO2
per gigawatt hour of electricity.
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The case against nuclear power
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was never based on science.
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What if this technology offers
our best hope for the future?
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A future where
wars aren't funded
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by our addiction to fossil fuels.
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A future where energy is clean.
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A future where electricity
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finally makes its way to
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the 700 million
people on Earth
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who still don't have access to it.
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The idea that nuclear power is bad
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is costing us that future.
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And it's time to let go of it.
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