Re:Wind and solar are cheaper than thought, admits UK govern...
by throwaway0a5e on Thursday August 27, 2020 @03:05PM
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>However it is by far dirtier than any other generation method,
Where do you think the fancy chemicals in the fiberglass turbines or the exotic metals in the solar panels comes from?
>We are still struggling store industrial chemicals for mere half dozen years without it causing tragic accident
Oh boy are you going to love the high tech chemical industry that underpins the manufacture of wind turbines and solar panels.
All these things are dirty if you don't clean up after them. Nuclear is pretty clean just by virtue of how little material you need to process per kilowatt. A kilo of uranium gets you a lot more energy than a kilo of turbine or a kilo of solar panel.
They're all better than fossil fuels because they don't crap byproducts into the atmosphere but you need to have so much less underlying industry per energy generated with nuclear that it's just inherently cleaner than anything else. This is assuming that you're cleaning up after whichever one you choose.
Where do you think the fancy chemicals in the fiberglass turbines or the exotic metals in the solar panels comes from?
>We are still struggling store industrial chemicals for mere half dozen years without it causing tragic accident
Oh boy are you going to love the high tech chemical industry that underpins the manufacture of wind turbines and solar panels.
All these things are dirty if you don't clean up after them. Nuclear is pretty clean just by virtue of how little material you need to process per kilowatt. A kilo of uranium gets you a lot more energy than a kilo of turbine or a kilo of solar panel.
They're all better than fossil fuels because they don't crap byproducts into the atmosphere but you need to have so much less underlying industry per energy generated with nuclear that it's just inherently cleaner than anything else. This is assuming that you're cleaning up after whichever one you choose.