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Re:Rolls-Royce Touts Nuclear Reactors as Key to Clean Jet Fuel by Shivetya on Saturday December 07, 2019 @09:59AM (#21730574)
while having been a fan of nuclear power for ages i expect we will reach such an excess of wind and solar that converting to fuel for use during off peak times will become to economical to pass up.
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Re:Rolls-Royce Touts Nuclear Reactors as Key to Clean Jet Fuel by Mirioron on Saturday December 07, 2019 @10:53AM (#21730865)
I think you're right on this. The only way I could see nuclear being the better option is if we figure out fusion and get high efficiency.
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Re:Rolls-Royce Touts Nuclear Reactors as Key to Clean Jet Fuel by nickik on Tuesday December 10, 2019 @01:48PM (#21755540)
Fission is way way more efficent then chemical already. If that efficency is not enough, fusion will not do the trick either.

Efficency is the last issue fission has.

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