National Research Council Report Recommends Setting a US Carbon Budget Through 2050; Concludes Known Technologies Not Sufficient to Meet Budget Goals
Green Car Congress
MAY 19, 2010
The US emitted approximately 7 gigatons of CO 2 equivalent in 2008 (the most current year for which such data were available). Improvements in nuclear technology are commercially available, but power plants using this technology have not yet been built in the United States.
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