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Also known as a single nuclear reactor. While I am all for renewables the real problem is storage and buffering. The solutions in these areas are improving but
by venomsnake 14y ago
Also known as a single nuclear reactor. While I am all for renewables the real problem is storage and buffering. The solutions in these areas are improving but not nearly as fast as needed.
A cheap supercapacitor with less than 10% daily discharge rate could go a long way in positioning renewables to shine.
- AndreasFrom 14y agoWell, a single nuclear reactor minus the waste that needs to be stored for thousands of years.
- venomsnake 14y agoHmm ... it was more of a scale comparison, not endorcement of nuclear fission. But anyway breeders are a partial solution to that problem and we haven't actually put a lot of effort into the waste disposal.
- ars 14y agoWindmills make tons and tons of waste - there are entire mountains made from mine tailings and slag (obviously not all from windmills, but don't think windmills are free of waste). Nuclear power has much less waste.
- Zigurd 14y agoThat's a good point that it amounts to a single nuclear reactor. It would be interesting to compare: Capital requirement Insurability Maximum damage to the environment in case of a disaster Decommissioning costs Maintenance costs Construction schedule
- straight_talk 14y agoMaximum damage to the environment in case of a disaster for a 1MW reactor with a lot of waste fuel stored on the site is rendering the Northern Hemisphere (where almost all such reactors are) inhabitable.
- ams6110 14y agoCitation?