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Nonsense: "Specifically, this report finds that coal, natural gas, and nuclear power all feature the smallest physical footprint of about 12 acres per megawatt
by cal5k 8y ago
Nonsense:
"Specifically, this report finds that coal, natural gas, and nuclear power all feature the smallest physical footprint of about 12 acres per megawatt produced. Solar and wind are much more land intensive technologies using 43.5 and 70.6 acres per megawatt, respectively."
https://www.strata.org/pdf/2017/footprints-full.pdf https://www.strata.org/pdf/2017/footprints-full.pdf
- Retric 8y agoMulti megawatt wind turbines take up about around 1/4 of an acre. The rest of the land around them can be used for agriculture. https://www.awea.org/wind-101/benefits-of-wind/wind-in-my-community/agriculture https://www.awea.org/wind-101/benefits-of-wind/wind-in-my-co.... That’s several times more space efficient than nuclear as long as you also need farms which most countries do. As to solar, clearly you have seen them on roofs which have no other real use.