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So has anyone ever calculated the effect of the heat output if all of our power consumption were supplied by nuclear power? (at 30% conversion efficiency). Woul
by dv_dt 10y ago
So has anyone ever calculated the effect of the heat output if all of our power consumption were supplied by nuclear power? (at 30% conversion efficiency). Would the earth just radiate that extra heat off, is it negligible for all practical purposes?
- rosser 10y agoProbably not much different. I'm pretty sure most fossil fuel power plants have comparable efficiencies. It's not like the steam produced by burning dinosaurs is somehow less capable of driving a turbine than what comes from splitting atoms.