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The fighting and bombing is just as scary and deadly away from nuclear plants.
by ovi256 4y ago
The fighting and bombing is just as scary and deadly away from nuclear plants.
- goodpoint 4y agoNot at all. Nuclear plants make for excellent targets for warfare and terrorism. Nuclear power is highly centralized so one strike at transformers or pylons leaves millions without electricity.
- otikik 4y agoBut all major sources of energy share that same “one point of failure” problems. Solar plants and wind turbines also have transformers. Gas and oil have pipes, etc.
- throw827474737 4y agoIt needs a grid and storage we never built due to fossil and nuclear faith.. but if we would then decentralized renewables don't have that problem. The problem with nuclear is also not millions without power, but a strike that sets the nuclear plant without power (including backups), then it is quickly game over.
- ovi256 4y ago> a strike that sets the nuclear plant without power (including backups), then it is quickly game over Wdym ? All modern designs are safe to shut down even without power.
- goodpoint 4y ago> Solar plants and wind turbines also have transformers Yes, but thousands of them given that plants are much smaller than a nuclear plant. Shees, do we even have to explain what decentralization is on HN now?
- otikik 4y agoBut we don’t have thousands of solar plants. We put the panels in one big central field which serves a huge population. That’s when solar is really cost effective. Putting solar on your own house roof is something that is too expensive for the average family of today- the young ones don’t even own a house.