Also, can we stop having the conversation about how nuclear is (part of) the pivot from fossil? Because it clearly isn't.
Even if we didn't have record heat waves & water shortages, the main draw of *actually* sustainable energy sources like wind, solar etc. is that they don't make the world worse as they're running, because they don't require things like fuel or tons of cooling water, or produce dangerous pollutants.
Should be a no-brainer but here we are...
#energy #sustainability
Romania shut down its only nuclear power plant after water levels in the drought-hit Danube river fell too low to supply its last remaining operating reactor.
Hungary and Moldova are also watching their rivers shrink to record lows.
If a summer of extreme heat, wildfires, droughts and floods (in other parts of the planet) still isn’t enough to make politicians act on #climate then we - the people who keep electing them - have earned whatever comes next.
https://www.politico.eu/article/romania-cernavoda-nuclear-reactor-shut-down-danube-drought/