The debate on nuclear energy for sustainability: A comment
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In: GAIA - Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society, Vol. 32, No. 3, 27.10.2023, p. 287-291.
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T1 - The debate on nuclear energy for sustainability
T2 - A comment
AU - Engler, John Oliver
AU - von Wehrden, Henrik
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2023 by the authors; licensee oekom. This Open Access article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY).
PY - 2023/10/27
Y1 - 2023/10/27
N2 - The role of nuclear energy to cut down on greenhouse gas emissions continues to be a contentious issue in many countries. Public debate is often convoluted and largely revolves around price and costs of energy production technologies as well as their contribution to climate change. Here, we first dissect two interwoven factors bound to produce confusion in the price-cost debate: temporal discounting and external costs. We then explore how a stronger focus on risk ethics could contribute to the debate on nuclear energy for sustainability.
AB - The role of nuclear energy to cut down on greenhouse gas emissions continues to be a contentious issue in many countries. Public debate is often convoluted and largely revolves around price and costs of energy production technologies as well as their contribution to climate change. Here, we first dissect two interwoven factors bound to produce confusion in the price-cost debate: temporal discounting and external costs. We then explore how a stronger focus on risk ethics could contribute to the debate on nuclear energy for sustainability.
KW - energy production
KW - nuclear power
KW - risk ethics
KW - sustainable energy
KW - Sustainability Science
KW - Sustainability sciences, Communication
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U2 - 10.14512/GAIA.32.3.4
DO - 10.14512/GAIA.32.3.4
M3 - Comments / Debate / Reports
AN - SCOPUS:85176363264
VL - 32
SP - 287
EP - 291
JO - GAIA - Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society
JF - GAIA - Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society
SN - 0940-5550
IS - 3
ER -