Do we Need Nuclear Energy to Stop Climate Change?

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Do we need nuclear energy to stop climate change? More and more voices from science, environmental activists and the press have been saying so in recent years – but this comes as a shock to those who are fighting against nuclear energy and the problems that come with it. So who is right? Well - it is complicated.

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[Bxrry]

This guy could be my science teacher for 12 years and I wouldn’t complain

[oskartross]

Ahhh. Yes. The perfect homework distraction

[patrolpilot]

I was born and raised seven miles from a nuclear plant. We rarely list power and they did wonders for the community. i would love to see more of them.

[raygunn]

One could argue the biggest threat to the environment is radiophobia.

[seriousnorbo]

Can't wait for a movie about Capitan Nuclear, Wind Man, Super Solar and Water Woman fighting against evil Dr. Fossil Cloud.

[alexroselle]

"Should we give up nuclear immediately, and accept higher emissions?"
*averts eye contact in German*

Unbelievable how people are more afraid of nuclear power than walking across the street

[jdg]

How funny it is when everything attached to the word "nuclear" we get a freak out, yet the Sun is perfectly fine.

[turbochicken]

Nuclear energy is in a way like traveling by an airplane. It is very safe, but when something happens people freak out.

[cdemr]

Germany: - Let's replace Nuclear by Coal to fight climate change!

_Something's wrong, I can feel it_

[unxdybi]

Top 10 times nuclear power plants are safer than coal power plants :
1. Now
2. Now
3. Yesterday

[levitschetter]

The feeling when some of the world's biggest problems (climate change, world hunger) are caused by people not understanding science

[augustus]

This is exactly why I am so dissapointed, angered even, that the Green Parties, those who'd supposed to be the surest bet to combat climate change, disregard nuclear power altogether.

[slolilols]

Dude's voice so clear, the auto-generated captions are accurate

[mirog]

There are so many things that depict nuclear power plants as extremely dangerous, such as the series Chernobyl. But that stops people from realising how safe these power plants actually are

[TheVoyager]

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I love this channel.

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[fall]

These animations are getting insanely good lately

[Tsotha]

This is a dispute I frankly don't know enough about to take a qualified standpoint on, at least until now, so thanks for making videos that explain the topic so concisely. I guess I should also watch your video about the worst nuclear accidents in human history. As usual I also think your videos are worth watching for the animation and aesthetics alone - extremely inventive and colourful with a great sense of humour. I appreciate these because I paint in my spare time, and I constantly get new ideas when watching them.