• @[email protected]
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    1310 months ago

    To be fair, solar and wind are dependent on wind availability and solar availability year-round. Nuclear is buildable nearly anywhere. There are a lot of places other options aren’t as possible or efficient.

    • @[email protected]
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      610 months ago

      Nuclear is buildable nearly anywhere

      It’s really not. It needs a reliable water source for a start.

      • Tlaloc_Temporal
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        210 months ago

        Small scale reactors with stirling generators can power neighborhoods with simple air cooling.

        • @[email protected]
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          210 months ago

          Do you have any examples of them in operation, hooked up to a grid? How much does the energy they produce cost?

          • MaxMalRichtig
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            210 months ago

            Even large scale nuclear plants are not economically viable without huge subsidies. Small scale reactors are even less cost effective. I haven’t really seen any of them “in the wild” except for research reactors or something like that.

            • @[email protected]
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              210 months ago

              Oh, I know. Making a wild claim about SMRs and then running for the hills when asked for evidence is pretty standard around here.

              • MaxMalRichtig
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                210 months ago

                Yeah, unfortunately.

                BTW, do you work in the field or something? Cause you sound kinda knowledgeable.

                • @[email protected]
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                  210 months ago

                  No, it’s just an area I’m interested in. There’s so much misinformation and people being confidently incorrect that I spent some time reading up on what’s going on.

                  • MaxMalRichtig
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                    210 months ago

                    Hats off to you for doing research and trying to pass on the knowledge in hostile comment sections. 💪 So sad that they don’t care for facts and really love to be confidentiality incorrect. I mean, I have a degree in that matter - still doesn’t count and everybody wants to keep spinning their (demonstrably false) narrative.