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Funny how Nuclear is never counted as renewable. The sun literally runs on nuclear fuel, with a finite amount of hydrogen and helium. Put up a widely inefficien
by oceanplexian 4y ago
Funny how Nuclear is never counted as renewable. The sun literally runs on nuclear fuel, with a finite amount of hydrogen and helium. Put up a widely inefficient solar panel in front of the enormous ball of energy and that's considered renewable energy. But split atoms in a reactor using an energy source that could last us millions of years with no carbon emissions, and you might as well be burning coal.
- Schroedingersat 4y agoLWRs are not renewable because the quantity of economically accessible U235 inferred to be in the world (not even the stuff discovered) is about enough to power the world for 10 years. Breeders do not exist.
- egberts1 4y agoUmmm, about those breeder reactors ... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breeder_reactor#Fast_breeder_reactor https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breeder_reactor#Fast_breeder...
- Schroedingersat 4y agoNow give me the list of ones that don't run on U235 or on a once through cycle (or a quantity of Pu greater than they produce which is the same thing with extra steps). Just because you name something a unicorn doesn't make it shit rainbows.