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“Wind and geothermal are more space efficient than nuclear” I never argued that nuclear always lost to solar, I even suggested it should be able to use less la
by Retric 3y ago
“Wind and geothermal are more space efficient than nuclear”
I never argued that nuclear always lost to solar, I even suggested it should be able to use less land than your examples.
I am arguing it never beats wind.
- stavros 3y agoFrom the data I can see (e.g. https://www.ourworldofenergy.com/vignettes.php?type=wind-power&id=9 https://www.ourworldofenergy.com/vignettes.php?type=wind-pow...), wind needs at least 30,000 acres per GW, a far cry from the nuclear 1,000 acres for 7 GW above.
- Retric 3y agoYou’re looking at the distance between turbines as if that land was useless for anything else. It’s not. Put a turbine in the on a 10,000 acre farm and you’ll still have a 9,999 acre farm. Put a nuclear reactor on that same land and you’ll be doing a lot less farming.