Great explainer on SMRs. To underscore a few key points:
1. SMRs are,so far, entirely theoretical. A (very effective) communications exercise. NONE has yet been built.
https://www.nationalobserver.com/2023/01/04/news/what-is-an-smr-canada #SMR #nuclear #ClimateAction #UnicornsOfTheApocalypse #EnergyTransition #WildCards #skpoli #cdnpoli #ONpoli

We're at the "filtered cigarettes" stage of the #EnergyTransition.

Here's Canada's Minister of Natural Resources outlining the magical thinking that makes #NetZero compatible with continued #OilAndGas demand:

"This global shift to a low-carbon future can be accomplished without phasing out Canada’s oil and gas sector. The cause of climate change is not fossil fuels themselves but the carbon emissions associated with producing and burning them. Canada’s challenge is to aggressively reduce those emissions, because hydrocarbons will continue to have a role to play in a net-zero economy." (Question 832: https://www.ourcommons.ca/DocumentViewer/en/44-1/house/sitting-126/hansard )

#ClimateChange #NetZero #CarbonCapture #ClimateAction #cdnpoli #UnicornsOfTheApocalypse #FalseSolutions

#SaudiArabia “has scaled up its communication on #CCS as the miracle solution that would allow fossil fuels to exist in a net zero world.”

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/nov/19/false-solutions-scepticism-over-saudi-carbon-capture-plan #ClimateAction #FalseSolutions #UnicornsOfTheApocalypse

#SaudiArabia “has scaled up its communication on #CCS as the miracle solution that would allow fossil fuels to exist in a net zero world.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/nov/19/false-solutions-scepticism-over-saudi-carbon-capture-plan #ClimateAction #FalseSolutions #UnicornsOfTheApocalypse

“Saudi Arabia … has scaled up its communication on #CCS as the miracle solution that would allow fossil fuels to exist in a net zero world,” she added.

The former climate negotiator agreed. “I think the push to get CCS as an aspect of the energy transition keeps Saudi Arabia in business for a little longer,” she said.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/nov/19/false-solutions-scepticism-over-saudi-carbon-capture-plan #UnicornsOfTheApocalypse