“The death toll from this form of energy is far lower than for fossil fuels”
I’m forever telling anyone who’ll listen that for all the money that has been thrown at green energy in the last 20 years, 84% of global energy still derives from the burning of fossil fuels. Just 4% is nuclear. Energy use breaks down into three main categories: transportation, heating and electricity. One third of demand for energy is accounted for by electricity; 63% of electricity in turn stems from burning fossil fuels. Wind power makes up just 5%, solar less than 3% and nuclear power 10%.
Whenever I mention those statistics, I am almost always met with the following response, no matter what the political bent. “I can’t believe only 10% of global demand for electricity derives from nuclear. It’s the most efficient, it’s the least damaging to the environment, it’s the most carbon-neutral.”
Environmentalists such as author James
