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Besides the material wastage you mention, also think of the habitat destruction this causes. One small nuclear plant can replace many acres of noisy, ugly, inef
by FredPret 6y ago
Besides the material wastage you mention, also think of the habitat destruction this causes. One small nuclear plant can replace many acres of noisy, ugly, inefficient and bird-killing windmills and panels
- EricE 6y agoIf wind farms are so wonderful why isn’t there a huge one off the coast of Martha’s Vineyard? People bristle at terms like “virtue signal” - here’s an opportunity for our “elites” to show some real leadership. I won’t hold my breath.
- jhgb 6y ago> inefficient Ironically, wind turbines are more efficient than nuclear power plants. Solar panels are not, but at least they do direct energy conversion from sunlight (whereas the nameplate efficiency of nuclear power plants additionally ignores the requirements of the fuel processing chain that starts with removing mountains of ~500ppm ore these days).