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There is much discussion lately about decarbonizing the energy infrastructure of the planet to reduce climate change. Along the way, we will have to electrify as much as possible (especially transportation), substantially upgrade the grid, and clean up electric power generation. Nuclear energy is an interim bridging technology for decarbonizing (some say even a long-term solution), and it seems clear that new nuclear will be built as well as continued expansion of larger wind and solar plant and energy storage batteries and other storage technologies.
Vernier Instruments (an AAPT sponsor) has created “Three must-watch videos about climate change” presenting and linking to climate change activities and classroom videos, including “The Crystal Reef,” “What is Climate Change?” and “Can We Cool the Planet?” A German educational video channel, “Kurzgesagt” (Short Talk), made several videos addressing climate change and nuclear energy that one of my students directed me...