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> decomissioning You have to decomission nuclear plants unless you want radioactive waste in your ground water. You don't have to do such a thing with wind tur
by the8472 9y ago
> decomissioning
You have to decomission nuclear plants unless you want radioactive waste in your ground water. You don't have to do such a thing with wind turbines. You could just let them turn into industrial ruins. It's probably more economical to recycle the materials, but that's a choice.
> construction
All plants require that. Nuclear or coal plants are not made from unicorn hair and dreams.
And modern wind turbine blades are made of reinforced fiberglass composites, not aluminium.
- chatmasta 9y agoI'm not an environmental scientist, but I thought this argument is usually applied to the cost of mining and refining the materials used to make the batteries and solar cells, which are not necessary for other methods of electricity generation.