A variety of corn has evolved a way to make its own nitrogen (2018)

Re:A variety of corn has evolved a way to make its own nitro... by ovi256 on Friday September 11, 2020 @03:48AM (#24440121)

  it's not self-contradictory to be eager for low-co2 energy and oppose nuclear due to its large-scale damage in case of an incident (and with Fukushima, 3Mile, Tchernobyl and various smaller incidents it's not like this is just theory)

It is contradictory if one believes excess CO2 emissions cause global warming which may cause up to a billion people to become climate refugees in 2100 . A Chernobyl every year pales in comparison - the Chernobyl incident displaced 250-300k people. One every week for 50 years starts to come close.

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Re:A variety of corn has evolved a way to make its own nitro... by wongarsu on Friday September 11, 2020 @05:09AM (#24440602)

Nuclear isn't out only option. Solar and wind are economically much more viable, and are safer (as in: they don't produce population displacing disasters, even if they might kill more people on average). Grid scale storage is becoming cheaper as well.

Of course the belief that nuclear will be replaced by solar and wind is a bit naive: in the short term it's replaced by coal and gas, and only in the medium term can we hope for better

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Re:A variety of corn has evolved a way to make its own nitro... by belorn on Friday September 11, 2020 @06:28AM (#24441127)

This is going off-topic fast...

An exclusive solar and wind power grid is not more economical viable than an exclusive nuclear power grid, as is daily proven be the absent of such grids being developed. A power grid that combines solar, wind and fossil fuels are more economical viable than a power grid made by nuclear plants, and thus this combination is today out competing nuclear by a wide margin. Grid scale storage technology may in the future make solar, wind and storage a more economical viable solution than nuclear but no such power grid exist to date.

The economic viability of any energy source is depending on how the composition of the energy grid. Economic comparison between two sources is generally meaningless without the context of the grid, especially supply and demand.

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Re:A variety of corn has evolved a way to make its own nitro... by forgotmypw17 on Saturday September 12, 2020 @05:17PM (#24455795)

Chernobyl has left millions affected by radiation levels high enough to cause major health issues all around Europe.

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