The phrase “dirty coal” seems to have become one word. For example, the reports on the recent unsuccessful COP26 conference mostly dwelled on the fact that “phase out of coal” was change to “phase down of coal”.

A theme of the posts at this site is that we are awash in good ideas, but many of these good ideas cannot be scaled up quickly enough to have a meaningful impact on the climate crisis. This post — Realities: Nuclear Power — illustrates this conundrum. Nuclear power is an established energy source. It has its detractors, but it is established and known to work.

This is the third post in the series ‘The Shape of Net Zero’.

Although Net Zero goals are commendable and deserve our support it is vital that they be evaluated realistically. This article is one in a series to do with difficulties that might be encountered as companies implement these programs. Other articles on this theme are: