First a grrRRr for the autoformatting shuffleboard.
I like to think a picture is worth a thousand words. And with all this discussions of green wind power, I felt like we could benefit from a reminder of the downsides of some alternitives. Coal gets plenty of bad press with all those particulate emissions but how about nukes?
Thanks to the UNEP for the graphic.
Sources: International Atomic Energy Agency’s Power Reactor Information System; UNEP/GRID-Europe; UNESCO, 2006 (figures for 2005)
Cartographer/Designer: Emmanuelle Bournay