{"id":23783,"date":"2021-02-15T09:45:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-15T08:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kyotoclub.org\/?p=23783"},"modified":"2021-02-22T09:47:50","modified_gmt":"2021-02-22T08:47:50","slug":"polls-reveal-citizens-support-for-climate-action-and-energy-transition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kyotoclub.org\/en\/news-en\/news-from-the-world\/2021\/02\/15\/polls-reveal-citizens-support-for-climate-action-and-energy-transition\/","title":{"rendered":"Polls reveal citizens&#8217; support for climate action and energy transition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Waste heat from these facilities is typically released into the atmosphere or nearby water sources. During heatwaves or droughts, excessive heat or a lack of water makes it much harder for plants to be kept cool.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When this happens, the plants must be curbed, meaning electricity output is cut. This often comes just as electricity demand peaks due to people\u2019s increasing reliance on air conditioning to keep cool.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a new paper, published in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/iopscience.iop.org\/article\/10.1088\/1748-9326\/abd4a8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Environmental Research Letters<\/a>, we find that in a warming world, hundreds of additional power plants would need to be constructed in the coming decades simply to make up for this lost power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carbonbrief.org\/guest-post-how-global-warming-is-making-power-plants-produce-less-electricity\">More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The coal, gas and nuclear power plants that generate most of the world\u2019s electricity have to be kept cool in order to function properly. 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