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>Also, how does that stack up against the death toll due to fossil fuels ("well we want to switch to renewables eventually" Took about ~4 years to build hornse
by pydry 5y ago
>Also, how does that stack up against the death toll due to fossil fuels ("well we want to switch to renewables eventually"
Took about ~4 years to build hornsea. Will end up being about ~20 to build hinkley point. For 2-3x the cost you get 80% load capacity factor rather than 60%.
If you're in a hurry... that huge pile of money used to ~~keep nuclear skills and industry accessible to countries with nuclear arsenals~~ save the planet might be put to better use elsewhere.
- liketochill 5y agoWhere is the 80% number from? With nuclear you also get to choose when the power output is 100% and when you want to take an outage for maintenance.