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"Everything points" Source (no pun intended)? See my comment elsewhere on this thread about "workers per watt", which is about solar, but the same applies alm
by arduanika 8y ago
"Everything points"
Source (no pun intended)?
See my comment elsewhere on this thread about "workers per watt", which is about solar, but the same applies almost as drastically to wind. You do the math.
https://www.energy.gov/downloads/us-energy-and-employment-report https://www.energy.gov/downloads/us-energy-and-employment-re...
- will_pseudonym 8y agoNuclear also has the lowest mortality rate of any energy source, 0.1 per terawatt-hour. https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesconca/2012/06/10/energys-deathprint-a-price-always-paid/#3b97817709b7 https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesconca/2012/06/10/energys-d...
- VyperCard 8y agoGiven that the waste will be around thousands of years more, i don't see these numbers final yet, sorry.
- amanaplanacanal 8y agoDo you think we are going to run out of workers to support it? Renewables are already the cheapest form of new power in much of the US, cost of the workers included. I would think with the current thrust of automation, having these types of jobs available would be a welcome thing.