&gt; releases far less CO2<p>That&#x27;s not a small amount. Nuclear releases 0 CO2.<p>&gt; 50GWh of battery capacity per year:<p>Thank you for making my point for me. At that rate, we might have enough battery power (assuming no replacements) in a <i>century</i> or two. We need TWh capacity, not GWh, to change the world over to intermittent generation sources.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;List_of_countries_by_electricity_production" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;List_of_countries_by_electrici...</a><p>&gt; Safe nuclear is this mythical future technology you speak of.<p>Of course not. Nothing is without risk. Do I need to remind you of the problems natural gas can cause?<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;2010_San_Bruno_pipeline_explosion" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;2010_San_Bruno_pipeline_explos...</a><p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.news.com.au&#x2F;world&#x2F;cctv-footage-shows-natural-gas-plant-explosion&#x2F;story-fndir2ev-1226535030467" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.news.com.au&#x2F;world&#x2F;cctv-footage-shows-natural-gas-...</a><p>You have a strange sense of &quot;least worst&quot;, given incidentsw like these happen fairly regularly in the oil and gas industries. Nuclear hasn&#x27;t killed anywhere near this many people.