Re:To Slow Global Warming, We Need Nuclear Power (Op-Ed)
by nine_k on Thursday December 22, 2016 @10:39AM
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Works well in e.g. California. May work less well in Maine. Especially when it snows.
Much of Europe and US is situated too far north for trouble-free solar operation. Other power sources do make sense there (or, for me, "here").
I keep hearing that several hundred thousand square miles of solar panels in Sahara could power the entire hemisphere. They could if transportation was 100% efficient. Even if we pretend that we can build humongous power lines out of superconducting material, maintaining them is going to cost us a lot still.
Much of Europe and US is situated too far north for trouble-free solar operation. Other power sources do make sense there (or, for me, "here").
I keep hearing that several hundred thousand square miles of solar panels in Sahara could power the entire hemisphere. They could if transportation was 100% efficient. Even if we pretend that we can build humongous power lines out of superconducting material, maintaining them is going to cost us a lot still.