Title should be changed to "Top 5% of Power Plants Account for 73% of Global Electrical Emissions" that way it stays under the character limit and is more truthful.
The is talking about coal, the largest power plants are hydroelectric dams. Add them, wind, solar and nuclear and your talking 37% of total electricity generation. Even gas turbines which generate 23.7% of power produce significantly less CO2 per GWh.
A good start would be phasing out the top polluters ASAP.
The top ten most polluting plants were in Poland, India, South Korea, Taiwan, China, Germany, and Japan. South Korea has three coal-fired power plants among the top ten super polluters. India has two, and the other countries mentioned above have one each.
The optimal and frankly only solution would be the close the coal plant. Arguing that alternative solutions are not "optimal" while continuing burning coal is directly harmful to the environment, green politics and human health.
The first step would be the set a definitive date when the coal plant will get demolished. Once that is done, people can continue to debating what optimal alternative should be constructed but if the date come and there is nothing built then what people get is no power, and the blame then goes to those who refused to build new power plants when they knew ahead that the coal plant is getting demolished.
This is true. But there is the shortest term, say the 2030 goals (go full on wind and solar, there's still plenty of fossil base load that can be shaved off), and the 2050 plus subsequent goals. If we want to go full carbon negative (and we should), then nuclear is necessary.
Solar + battery is great but it isn't enough.
India will be one of the worst affected by Climate Change. That would be nothing compared to the economic cost of Nuclear.
Nuclear should have been built and improved 30 years ago. By the time new nuclear plants bring about their benefits, we have passed the 2,5 degrees celsius warming limit.
Thats an excellent point. The subtext there is borderline positive. Or at least borderline actionable. Anyway Im reading the Ministry for the Future and its August so I need to either kill myself or join the Children of Kali or something... Whats the deal with brown coal?
