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minus-squarePsionicsickness@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down4·3 days agoHydro is limited by geography, and wind and solar requires a metric fuck ton of oil to produce and replace at EOL. You want clean, you want nukes.
minus-squarerichmondez@lemdro.idlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoYou say that like building a nuclear plant won’t require the metric fuckton of oil to build and replace at eol.
minus-squarePsionicsickness@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoEOL for a nuke plant in measured in centuries. Refueling measured in decades. Wind turbines have end of life somewhere between 5 and 10 years.
Hydro is limited by geography, and wind and solar requires a metric fuck ton of oil to produce and replace at EOL. You want clean, you want nukes.
You say that like building a nuclear plant won’t require the metric fuckton of oil to build and replace at eol.
EOL for a nuke plant in measured in centuries. Refueling measured in decades. Wind turbines have end of life somewhere between 5 and 10 years.