CO2 rises are part and parcel of burning carbon fuels, like coal and gas. Even ethanol isn't exempt.
The global warming arguments are based partly on CO2 rises, but "greenhouse gases", which have been understood for nearly 200 years now, include methane, nitrous oxide, certain hydrofluorocarbons and plain old water vapour plus CO2. The gas has to able to capture re-radiated solar energy from the Earth, which is a function of wavelength meeting an intrinsic aspect of the molecules in question, just like an "R" value in insulation.
Greenhouse gas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
I have no objection to nuke plants (Toronto is run on two of them, plus Niagara Falls, plus coal plants in peak summer A/C season...and you can smell that), but we need better designs and far better confinement or reprocessing of spent nuclear fuels.
Yes, it was fairly basic stuff, but it's interesting to see how political will can earn the backing of the people in order to "change the paradigm", even with an essentially partial solution like solar.
Here's Part 1 of the doc:
YouTube - Saved By The Sun Nova
It's already on YouTube in five parts. Just use "NOVA: Saved by the Sun" in the search box.
Obviously, I watched it to see where panel technology was going, as I intend to buy my panels as late in the outfitting process as possible to lock in technical advances and price discounts due to volume wherever possible.