We Need Nuclear Power to Solve Climate Change
By
Steven Pillay
Mentor:
Preeti Macwan
A13-minute TED talk focusing on the need for nuclear power to overcome climate change by Joe Lassiter.
These are some key points highlighted in the video:
- The video starts by pointing out the drawbacks of today’s economy and lifestyle.
- The speaker also points out a major problem against the climate agreements made till now and also how it will affect our environment
- How the selection of fuels by different nations is affecting the environment especially by China and India.
- How developing countries have no choices but to carry out its development in the only available way.
- The magnitude of the problems we are going to face and the basic requirements of an energy source to act as an alternative to fossil fuels.
- The two energy sources namely nuclear and utility-scale solar backed up with natural gas, which shows a promise to meet the requirements.
- How a lack of research in the field of nuclear power and our orthodox mindset is drastically affecting the development of nuclear energy.
- In the production of nuclear power, there is zero carbon emission and a large amount of energy is created as compared to other renewable sources of energy.
- The video concludes by revealing the benefits of nuclear energy and asking us to broaden our mindset regarding nuclear energy and give a chance to the development of nuclear energy source.
