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Yes, but no. It's similar, but different. A major source of emissions for both is building the plants, which is roughly 1/3 of for nuclear. But Nuclear addition
by PurpleRamen 4y ago
Yes, but no. It's similar, but different. A major source of emissions for both is building the plants, which is roughly 1/3 of for nuclear. But Nuclear additionally has the fuel-production as another major source, which makes roughly 2/3 of its emissions. This overall leads to far higher emissions. Though, they both are small compared to the like of coal, gas or burning stuff.
- lm28469 4y ago> But Nuclear additionally has the fuel-production as another major source Where do the rare earth, metal, &co for solar and wind harvesters come from ? These things are getting rarer by the day and harder to mine = more pollutants. It's very very far from clean https://www.goudsmit.co.uk/fears-over-the-supply-of-neodymium-magnets-for-wind-turbines/ https://www.goudsmit.co.uk/fears-over-the-supply-of-neodymiu... https://www.eurometaux.eu/media/20ad5yza/2022-policymaker-summary-report-final.pdf https://www.eurometaux.eu/media/20ad5yza/2022-policymaker-su...