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How much capacity does solar and wind add compared to nuclear, per square foot of land used? Also I thought the new administration was placing a ban on new rene
by segasaturn 2y ago
How much capacity does solar and wind add compared to nuclear, per square foot of land used? Also I thought the new administration was placing a ban on new renewable installations.
- hooli_gan 2y agoIsn't there enough space in Texas? There are only 114 people per square mile. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas
- itishappy 2y agoWhy does it matter? Is land at a premium in Texas?
- zekrioca 2y agoIt doesn’t.
- bryanlarsen 2y agoThe ban is on offshore wind and for government loans for renewables. Won't really affect Texas much, it's Massachusetts that'll have to deal with more expensive energy.
- energy123 2y agoDoes anyone know how the ban on onshore will work. Is it on federal lands only? If so, how big of a deal is that? I read this but it lacks information: https://apnews.com/article/wind-energy-offshore-turbines-trump-executive-order-995a744c3c1a2eddb30cacf50b681f13 https://apnews.com/article/wind-energy-offshore-turbines-tru...
- malfist 2y agoWhy is that a useful metric? There is a lot of land.
- zekrioca 2y agoBecause the commenter is a pro-nuclear who thinks nucler will solve all of short-term demand problems.