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> Drilling 125 wells for 400MW of power seems like a pretty poor return. That's 400 MW of 24/7 baseload power. Forever, for free. The nuclear power lobby is s
by mschuster91 2y ago
> Drilling 125 wells for 400MW of power seems like a pretty poor return.
That's 400 MW of 24/7 baseload power. Forever, for free.
The nuclear power lobby is scared shitless of geothermal generation becoming not just viable but proven, because "cheap baseload" is just about the one thing that NPPs are actually pretty damn good at.