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You have pretty much the same heat losses with nuclear, or anything else where you heat water to turn a turbine.
by eru 8mo ago
You have pretty much the same heat losses with nuclear, or anything else where you heat water to turn a turbine.
- toomuchtodo 8mo agoNuclear is low carbon, it’s fine we lose heat to extract that energy versus stationary and mobile combustion generation, as there is no other effective way to extract that energy at this time. Quantification of global waste heat and its environmental effects - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0306261918316702 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S03062... - Applied Energy Volume 235, 1 February 2019, Pages 1314-1334 * 49.3–51.5% of global energy use would end up as waste heat in 2030. * Transport sector accounts for the largest (43%) recoverable waste heat in 2030.
- eru 8mo agoI made no claims about carbon.