• Hugohase@startrek.website
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    6 months ago

    It will take some time but I will answer with sources. Can you post the source used in the map i have never been able to find anything that came close.

    • Thorry84@feddit.nl
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      6 months ago

      Sure! This is the report: https://unece.org/sites/default/files/2022-04/LCA_3_FINAL March 2022.pdf

      It has a description of the methods and the ISO standards they use to determine life-cycle CO2, from the cradle to the grave numbers. It also includes all the references and sources. I’m sure there’s a lot more info available about the research they did, but this is the high-level report.

      The UN seems like a pretty reliable source and the report seems very thorough, but I’m not qualified to say where they went wrong. So I would love to see what other sources say on the subject.

      Edit: They even state in their report why the value they give for nuclear is on the low end of most accepted literature:

      This value is comparable to the lower range of literature values because of the following assumptions: revised energy inputs for mining and milling, including electricity inputs for ISL, centrifugation-only enrichment, longer lifetime assumed for nuclear power plant (60 years instead of 40).