I was thinking about this, and there is something more than a bit hypocritical about North Americans like myself, awash in hydro, cheap gas and wind and solar potential, telling the Japanese (& the rest of Asia) they shouldn’t worry about nuclear and to stop using coal. 1/n https://twitter.com/jessejenkins/status/1264685554693701634

Modern development demands electricity. If we don’t want the Japanese, Chinese and others to use their only secure & abundant resource, coal, then we should help provide them with something else. 2/n

For global #netzero deep decarbonization to work, every country at every stage of development needs access to abundant, clean, reliable electricity. Wind/PV systems with storage & commercialized SMRs for firm power? Or maybe two way hydrogen fuel cells? 3/n

There several physical systems possible, but that doesn’t bridge the political economy divide to making it happen. That will require international cooperation, institutions, finance, and trust, all sorely lacking right now.

And before the CCUS lobbyists jump on me, yup, fossil plus 95%+ CCS is a possibility too.

Another thing North America is awash in, that other regions don’t necessarily have - geology for CCS.