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Originally Posted by jannickz
As you mentioned, this is often the biggest contributor globally, accounting for around 28% of global greenhouse gas emissions. Factors include driving cars, flying, and public transportation (particularly if powered by fossil fuels).
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The biggest thing that can be done is get more nukes producing electricity.
"Renewables" are struggling hard to make more than 30%. Now it's getting to where every state needs to reengineer their power grid, upgrade capacity and add thousands of miles of new power lines. We sure are cutting down a lot of trees, mining a lot of copper/steel and making a lot of concrete in the name of saving the environment.
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