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> People like to make noise about the impact of mining the materials needed for solar. Well, what about the impact of mining and refining uranium? While I agre
by brtkdotse 5y ago
> People like to make noise about the impact of mining the materials needed for solar. Well, what about the impact of mining and refining uranium?
While I agree with you in general, the amount of uranium needed to run a power plant should be orders of magnitude smaller than is necessary to build and equivalent solar farm
- ncmncm 5y agoAmount of uranium 235, maybe. Amount of ore and environmental degradation, no. But I do worry about the 8g/m^2 of cadmium mounted on top of houses some of which will burn down.