Saturday, November 22, 2014

Bloomberg: China Needs 1,000 Nuclear Reactors to Fulfill Its Climate Pledge

From Bloomberg, Nov 21, 2014, 8:34:41 AM
Steam rises from cooling towers at the Junliangcheng power station in Tianjin, China. In his agreement last week with President Barack Obama, Chinese President Xi Jinping committed to cap carbon emissions by 2030 and turn to renewable sources for 20 percent of the country's energy. Photographer: Tomohiro Ohsumi/Bloomberg

China, which does nothing in small doses, will need about 1,000 nuclear reactors, 500,000 wind turbines or 50,000 solar farms as it takes up the fight against climate change.

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