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The world’s quest to decarbonise itself is guided, among other things, by the U.N. Sustainable Development Goal 7: “to ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all”. Since the world still depends on fossil fuels for 82% of its energy supply, decarbonising the power sector is critical; the share of electricity in final energy consumption will also increase by 80-150% by 2050.

According to the International Energy Agency, the demand for critical minerals like lithium, nickel, cobalt, and rare earth elements, required for clean-energy production technologies, is likely to increase by up to 3.5x by 2030. This jump poses several global challenges, including the large capital investments to develop new mines and processing facilities. The environmental and social impacts of developing several new mines and plants in China, Indonesia, Africa, and South America within a short time span, coupled with the fact that the top three mineral-producing and -processing nations control 50-100% of the current global extraction and processing capacities, pose geopolitical and other risks.

Issues with nuclear power

Nuclear power plants (NPPs) generate 10% of the world’s electricity and help it avoid 180 billion cubic metres of natural gas demand and 1.5 billion tonnes of CO2 emissions every year. Any less nuclear power could make the world’s journey towards net-zero more challenging and more expensive. NPPs are efficient users of land and their grid integration costs are lower than those associated with variable renewable energy (VRE) sources because NPPs generate power 24x7 in all kinds of weather. Nuclear power also provides valuable co-benefits like high-skill jobs in technology, manufacturing, and operations.

As an alternative, several countries are developing small modular reactors (SMRs) – nuclear reactors with a maximum capacity of 300 MW – to complement conventional NPPs. SMRs can be installed in decommissioned thermal power plant sites by repurposing existing infrastructure, thus sparing the host country from having to acquire more land and/or displace people beyond the existing site boundary.

SMRs are designed with a smaller core damage frequency (the likelihood that an accident will damage the nuclear fuel) and source term (a measure of radioactive contamination) compared to conventional NPPs. They also include enhanced seismic isolation for more safety.

SMR designs are also simpler than those of conventional NPPs and include several passive safety features, resulting in a lower potential for the uncontrolled release of radioactive materials into the environment.

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Amazon forest:

Despite covering only around 1% of the planet’s surface, the Amazon rainforest is home to 10% of all the wildlife species we know about

-wood and medicines, but to help stabilise the climate—around 76 billion tonnes of carbon is stored in the Amazon rainforest.,

-The Amazon covers a huge area (6.7 million sq km) of South America. Nearly 60% of the rainforest is in Brazil, while the rest is shared among eight other countries—Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela and French Guiana, an overseas territory of France.

-1) The Amazon has more species of primate than anywhere else on Earth. 2) You can find more types of ant on one tree in the Amazon than you can in some whole countries.

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laptop: PLEASE place me on a hard surface that does not obstruct my cooling fan I am begging you

me: shut up we are going to snuggle in bed :)

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2023

1. COMMIT TO THE BIT

2. PARTAKE IN THE DIVINE ACT OF CREATION

3. LET THE SOFT ANIMAL THAT IS YOUR BODY LOVE WHAT IT LOVES

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gotta admit, I'm impressed with their dedication to the bit

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haters will see a winter enjoyer and say "why are you going outside it's cold and boring" and not even see the beauty in desolation and stillness 🙄

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Sigmund Freud, in a footnote to “Civilization and its Discontents:” “Goethe, indeed, warns us that “nothing is harder to bear than a succession of fair days.” “But this,” Freud comments, “may be an exaggeration.”

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In another life, I would still love you

Stand Still by Zayn Malik / Unearthly Connection by Antoine Paikert / On Loving by Forough Farrokhzad / Walking Home by Marie Howe / Winnie-the-Pooh by A. A. Milne / An Oresteia by Anne Carson / The Chaos of Stars by Kiersten White

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“isn’t the air also the body moving?” - natalie diaz // unknown // “gli innamorati” - egon schiele // “frida kahlo to jose bartoli” - frida kahlo // unknown // “the poetics of sex” - jeanette winterson // “liebespaar” - käthe kollwitz // “der kuss” - käthe kollwitz // unknown title - sue zhao // “abandonment (the pair)” - henri de toulouse-lautrec

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getting the most popular result on uquiz is one of the worst and most sickening things that can happen to a girl

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Is it just me or is anybody starting to feel like uhhh. maybe it wont pass

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I don’t know exactly what a prayer is. I do know how to pay attention, how to fall down into the grass, how to kneel down in the grass, how to be idle and blessed, how to stroll through the fields, which is what I have been doing all day. Tell me, what else should I have done? Doesn’t everything die at last, and too soon? Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?

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wish this hadn’t become a meme bc like it’s seriously so insane & true like yeah being seen is excruciating

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When u are hopeless & the world is full of despair the answer is a walk and a shower

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The Delicious Misery of the 'Sad Banger', by Hanif Abdurraqib