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If you agree that EROI is more important, why bring up the comment about material use? You're arguing against wind with a statistic that you just admitted isn't
by torpfactory 9y ago
If you agree that EROI is more important, why bring up the comment about material use? You're arguing against wind with a statistic that you just admitted isn't important.
And as for Fission material intensity, obviously it looks great: Fission releases an enormous amount of energy from a small amount of matter. But cost-wise, fission plants are expensive. Your cost data are misleading ones, not material data: You compare lifetime cost of solar and a few other options with the cost of ONLY the uranium. Fission plants themselves are hugely expensive, even before you put the Uranium in them.
- beefman 9y agoI didn't say materials intensity is unimportant. It's usually required to estimate EROI. The fuel figures shouldn't be misleading because they're clearly labeled. The balance of plant for solar is not included with the panel cost. As with the nuclear plant, there is no commodity pricing to include.