Nuclear Power Has Saved 3 Million Lives - NextBigFuture.com

Nuclear Power Has Saved 3 Million Lives - NextBigFuture.com: Going to nuclear power and uranium would be many times faster than replacing fossil fuels with renewables. There is a constant stream of death and sickness from fossil fuels. Japan and Germany went to more coal. Renewables can be better but are far from perfect. Nuclear can be a net gain for the environment and for the health of people. Each year nuclear offsets 2-3 billion tons of CO2 by generating 2500-2600 TWh of clean energy. Even against natural gas without leaks nuclear offsets 1.2 billion tons of CO2. Nuclear Power has generated about 85000 TWh over about 50 years