Regina Barber
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You're listening to Shortwave, the science podcast from NPR.
Okay, so Jeff, let's start with the problem. Like, why do these companies need all of this electricity?
Okay, so Jeff, let's start with the problem. Like, why do these companies need all of this electricity?
Okay, so Jeff, let's start with the problem. Like, why do these companies need all of this electricity?
Apple will be 100% carbon neutral for our entire end-to-end footprint.
Apple will be 100% carbon neutral for our entire end-to-end footprint.
Apple will be 100% carbon neutral for our entire end-to-end footprint.
OK, so they're buying lots of renewable power. The wind and solar companies were using those profits to build more. Seems like a reasonable solution. Why can't they keep doing that?
OK, so they're buying lots of renewable power. The wind and solar companies were using those profits to build more. Seems like a reasonable solution. Why can't they keep doing that?
OK, so they're buying lots of renewable power. The wind and solar companies were using those profits to build more. Seems like a reasonable solution. Why can't they keep doing that?
OK. Yeah. Storage problem is huge, right? It's been going on forever. But anyway, I do understand why they need a lot of power and they don't want to produce greenhouse gases. But why are they specifically focusing on nuclear power?
OK. Yeah. Storage problem is huge, right? It's been going on forever. But anyway, I do understand why they need a lot of power and they don't want to produce greenhouse gases. But why are they specifically focusing on nuclear power?
OK. Yeah. Storage problem is huge, right? It's been going on forever. But anyway, I do understand why they need a lot of power and they don't want to produce greenhouse gases. But why are they specifically focusing on nuclear power?
The one that melted down. Right.
The one that melted down. Right.
The one that melted down. Right.
OK, so you recently went to a reactor at Three Mile Island, the one that didn't melt down, right? Yeah.
OK, so you recently went to a reactor at Three Mile Island, the one that didn't melt down, right? Yeah.
OK, so you recently went to a reactor at Three Mile Island, the one that didn't melt down, right? Yeah.
Wow. But I take it you're not taking this tour just to look at an empty nuclear plant. Like what's happening now?