Carbon-Free and Nuclear-Free: A Roadmap for U.S. Energy Policy
source: http://www.ieer.org/carbonfree/CarbonFreeNuclearFree.pdf
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Central Finding
The overarching finding of this study is that a zero-CO2 U.S. economy can
be achieved within the next thirty to fifty years without the use of nuclear
power and without acquiring carbon credits from other countries. In other
words, actual physical emissions of CO2 from the energy sector can be
eliminated with technologies that are now available or foreseeable. This
can be done at reasonable cost while creating a much more secure
energy supply than at present. Net U.S. oil imports can be eliminated in
about 25 years. All three insecurities – severe climate disruption, oil supply
and price insecurity, and nuclear proliferation via commercial nuclear
energy – will thereby be addressed. In addition, there will be large
ancillary health benefits from the elimination of most regional and local air
pollution, such as high ozone and particulate levels in cities, which is due
to fossil fuel combustion.
http://www.ieer.org/carbonfree/covercfnf.jpg
The overarching finding of this study is that a zero-CO2 U.S. economy can
be achieved within the next thirty to fifty years without the use of nuclear
power and without acquiring carbon credits from other countries. In other
words, actual physical emissions of CO2 from the energy sector can be
eliminated with technologies that are now available or foreseeable. This
can be done at reasonable cost while creating a much more secure
energy supply than at present. Net U.S. oil imports can be eliminated in
about 25 years. All three insecurities – severe climate disruption, oil supply
and price insecurity, and nuclear proliferation via commercial nuclear
energy – will thereby be addressed. In addition, there will be large
ancillary health benefits from the elimination of most regional and local air
pollution, such as high ozone and particulate levels in cities, which is due
to fossil fuel combustion.
http://www.ieer.org/carbonfree/covercfnf.jpg
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