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On the recordMarch 24, 2021
I once heard somebody say that, paradoxically, renewables in the current environment, by forcing the construction of baseload facilities, but simultaneously forcing the decommissioning of nuclear power plants, which would be the natural baseload, are actually paradoxically increasing global greenhouse gas emissions.
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Bill Cassidy
Republican · Louisiana

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Cassidy discusses the paradoxical impact of renewables on nuclear power and greenhouse gas emissions.

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