<p>When only 8% of your electricity comes from fossil fuels it makes it much easier to get to 0%. Sweden currently gets 45% of their electricity from nuclear and 47% Hydro. ( <a href=“http://www.uic.com.au/nip39.htm[/url] ”>http://www.uic.com.au/nip39.htm</a> ; )</p>
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In April 2004, 77% of people gave top environmental priority to restraining greenhouse gas emissions, 13% to protecting unspoiled rivers from hydro-electric development, and only 7% to phasing out nuclear power. On nuclear power matters, 17% supported a nuclear phase-out, 27% favoured continued operation of all the country’s nuclear power units, 32% favoured this plus their replacement in due course, and 21% wanted to further develop nuclear power in Sweden. The pro-nuclear total thus was 80% as the government tried to negotiate a phase out.
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<p>If the envirnmentalists in the US would stop over constraining the problem, the US could greatly increaee its nuclear production or wind production (and hence reduce greenhouse gas emissions and dependancy on foreign oil).</p>