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It is incredibly ironic that people protesting nuclear powerplants increase their exposure to radiactivity :)
by ajuc 8y ago
It is incredibly ironic that people protesting nuclear powerplants increase their exposure to radiactivity :)
- rcMgD2BwE72F 8y agoHow many coal power plants have been built because of the closure of nuclear power plants?
- ajuc 8y agoMany: http://airclim.org/acidnews/germany-still-constructing-new-coal-power-stations http://airclim.org/acidnews/germany-still-constructing-new-c... https://uk.reuters.com/article/us-germany-nuclear/german-government-wants-nuclear-exit-by-2022-at-latest-idUKTRE74Q2P120110530 https://uk.reuters.com/article/us-germany-nuclear/german-gov...
- belorn 8y agoA while back there was a story on HN that link to a page that listed every country and how much of their energy consumption get created from different sources. One very noticeable aspect is that almost every country create their energy through either coal or nuclear power, with all other usually representing a singular digit. If it has 20% coal, then around 70% will be nuclear. If its 70% coal, 20% nuclear. Nothing is more clear cut when comparing France and Germany next to each other.
- mikeash 8y agoHow recent were those numbers? The US is currently around 30% coal, 20% nuclear (so only about 50% combined), 32% gas, and almost all of the rest is renewables of various sorts. Germany is 35% coal, 12% nuclear, 13% gas, 35% renewables. France is 72% nuclear, 12% hydro, 8% coal and gas. I'm having trouble finding the exact breakdown of coal and gas for France, but it looks like gas dominates.
- rypskar 8y agoIs probably talking about https://www.electricitymap.org/?wind=false&solar=false&page=map&remote=true https://www.electricitymap.org/?wind=false&solar=false&page=.... Is live, or close to live data
- belorn 8y agoIt looks like it but either I remember very incorrectly, or the numbers for Germany has changed significant since the summer. Found this which might explain why: https://www.energy-charts.de/power.htm?source=all-sources&week=51&year=2017 https://www.energy-charts.de/power.htm?source=all-sources&we... One thing through, did forget that gas hold a large portion of energy production and had clumped it together with coal.
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- brudgers 8y agoOUC built the coal fired plant to replace an oil fired plant on Lake Ivanhoe near downtown. At the time it was built, nuclear wasn't considered economically viable. Florida's existing nuclear plants had construction cost overruns and much higher operating costs than expected. Those unfortunate enough to get their power from the utilities with nuclear plants were paying substantially higher rates to offset those costs.
- Brakenshire 8y agoWhy do you think the people affected by this are also against nuclear power?
- ajuc 8y agoI think the opposite - people against nuclear power are affected by this. For others it's not ironic just sad.
- FiatLuxDave 8y agoNo, the truly ironic thing is that many locals think that this is a nuclear powerplant! (source: I used to hang out in Avalon Park; I miss playing Warhammer at Paladin). I think it is because during the 3 mile island incident, so many pictures of the cooling towers were shown on the news, that large cooling towers are associated with nuclear plants in the public mind. The flat terrain makes the tall cooling towers the most prominent feature for miles around, so people notice them much more than the smokestacks right next to them.