Abstract

The new transatlantic partnership can be the cornerstone of this change: real climate protection without false truths and hidden smoke bombs, but a shift to a full supply of renewable energies.

Highlights

  • The old energy world does not fit into the new energy world transition

  • Nuclear energy comes at a considerable cost as well, in the construction and dismantling of the plants, but especially in the disposal of the nuclear waste that has to be stored over thousands of years

  • Even in the US, there is no final repository for the nuclear waste

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Summary

Claudia Kemfert

President Biden’s plans are ambitious and promising and, if realised, could bring about real change It is high time: America’s reputation as a global climate protector is abysmal. All, outgoing President Donald Trump represents the past: he wanted to save coal, build oil pipelines and cancel the climate treaty. His energy policy, a throwback to ways of 30 years ago, has largely denied the future and ignored science. A throwback to ways of 30 years ago, has largely denied the future and ignored science His plan did not quite work: Despite the Trump administration’s policies, emissions are down as fossil natural gas has replaced coal. The new energy world is more decentralised, small-scale, networked and intelligent, and it is based on the intelligent networking of volatile renewable energies, storage and energy saving (Jacobsen, 2020)

The world is at a turning point
Findings
The US must present a more ambitious climate plan
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