Nuclear power against climate change

The director of the Earth Institute in the US claims nuclear power is the only option for humankind in the fight against global warming.

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After the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima I power plant in Japan, Germany and many developed countries planned to phase out nuclear power plants. The Japanese government closed the last nuclear reactor a few days ago.

Economist Jeffrey Sachs, director of the Earth Institute.

While a part of public opinion is happy at the prospect of nuclear power plants around the world will be shut down in the future, some scientists fear the boycott of nuclear energy will make much human problems - such as energy security and climate change - become more serious. Economic professor Jeffrey Sachs, head of Columbia University's Earth Institute in the United States, is one of them, Guardian reports.

'We will not be able to accomplish our goal of cutting carbon emissions if nuclear energy is removed from the future of humanity , ' Sachs said in an annual meeting of the Asian Development Bank on the week. in the city of Manila, Philippines.

A nuclear power plant in the US.

Sachs said coal would be a popular source of electricity for electricity production in the coming years because it is cheaper than renewable energy and many other forms of energy.

"The price of fossil fuels will remain low enough to beat environmentally friendly forms of energy ," he said.

According to the director of the Earth Institute, projects to develop renewable energy or increase energy efficiency in the world will not be big enough to prevent global warming.'The world has no choice but to nuclear energy because the threat of climate change has risen to a serious level , ' he commented.