Re:Global greenhouse gas emissions by sector
by AtlasBarfed on Friday September 18, 2020 @11:14PM
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Can those power requirements be done via electrical power/green energy? As a LFTR fan I look for some role for nuclear in the mix of power generation, which just doesn't compete with the plummeting costs for solar/wind.
I thought aluminum smelting was even worse than steel.
Re:Global greenhouse gas emissions by sector
by MichaelZuo on Saturday September 19, 2020 @08:40AM
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The actual electrical consumption component is probably small relative to the emissions from the actual processing, if the numbers are at all correct. Even aluminum smelters, which do use more electricity, don’t use that much.
LFTRs are interesting though the proliferation risk probably makes it more of a political problem.
Re:Global greenhouse gas emissions by sector
by AtlasBarfed on Tuesday September 22, 2020 @11:25AM
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I thought LFTR breeding only produced isotopes that couldn't be used for weapons, (U-232 breeding I think), has that changed?
It’s interesting to see that although roads & transport are the largest single emitter, iron and steel production is actually within the same ballpark. I wonder if the figures are correct because that is truly an enormous amount of emissions from just iron and steel processing from ore, equivalent to ~2/3 of all road transport!