Nuclear power can ease global warming and greenhouse effect?

Answer 1

Their building and setting up will have a carbon footprint, but once they are running they will emit few greenhouse gases. They are much cleaner and greener than burning fossil fuels like coal, oil and natural gas.

Answer 2

Yes, but it can cause cancer to people close to the power station.

A:No. Nuclear power produces greenhouse gasses. It produces fewer greenhouse gasses than fossil fuels, but is still a significant producer.

Greenhouse gasses are rated according to their potency relative to carbon dioxide equivalence (CO2e). The rating of power production is in kilowatt hours (kWh). So greenhouse gas emissions from power production are rated in CO2e/kWh. According to this system, current estimates in CO2e/kWh for technologies are:

• 900 Coal and oil
• 750 open cycle natural gas
• 580 combined cycle natural gas
• 450 combined cycle natural gas with cogeneration
• 100-200 nuclear power
• 110 photovoltaic technology
• 25-40 new photovoltaic technology
• 15-20 wind and hydro power

The carbon emissions associated with nuclear power come from construction, mining, refinement, enrichment, transportation and operations, decommissioning, and waste disposal. The other power sources listed have analogous emission sources included.

A:Yes, because it does not emit carbon dioxide or other combustion gases like fossil fuels do

Answer 3

Nuclear energy is without question a partial solution to global warming, and also a partial solution to "oil" wars where we kill our fellow beings over a barrel of oil. It is only a lack of education and understanding, and a phobia regarding the term "nuclear" that prevents us from using this invaluable resource that is at our fingertips.

In the early 20'th century many people (my great aunt, for instance) distrusted electricity to the point where they would not have it in their home. Simply put, they feared it, and many did not install it in their home until the 1960's.

Nuclear fission (and perhaps, one day, nuclear fusion) is the only realistic and viable energy source for the future, and, one day, we will have no choice. Fortunately, it will be the right choice...hopefully not too late.

One of the biggest problems though is that nuclear (fission) energy depends on a limited natural resource - fissionable ores like uranium. As a consequence the use of nuclear energy will postpone the depeletion of energy sources but not eliminate the problem.

Should this be the case, however, we will hope that the postponement will give us sufficient time to learn how to control nuclear fusion as a substitue for fission, such as the reaction that creates the sun's energy, or the explosive and (as yet) uncontrollable release of energy in the explosion of a hydrogen bomb. This will come with its own problems - perhaps hydrogen depletion - but might keep us warm and dry for another several thousand years until we figure out another way.

The fact of the matter is, though, that we will always find a solution, as we have always done.

Answer 4

In my opinion: NO

The main contributor is Human' s bad habit of using electricity (and Energy) because the cause of global warming is there are too much man-made greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, so actually the one who makes greenhouse gases (Carbon Dioxide & Methane ...) is the main contributor.

Answer 5

No. Global warming is primarily the result of greenhouse gasses such as carbon dioxide being released by activities such as the burning of fossil fuels. Nuclear power does not produce greenhouse gasses.

Answer 6

No. Nuclear energy is a zero CO2 emission source of energy.

Answer 7

That is the expectation, because nuclear plants do not emit carbon dioxide

Answer 8

No, nuclear power does not release CO2 or other greenhouse gases