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Re:Nuclear power: Are we too anxious about the risks of radi... by pfdietz on Monday September 28, 2020 @07:53AM (#24615630)
And nuclear plants release 2 units of waste heat energy for every 1 unit of electrical energy they produce. A solar field, if its efficiency > the albedo of the ground on which it was built, causes net local cooling. In both cases the produced power is eventually degraded to heat (in the grid and at the consumer), but the overall burden for direct global thermal pollution is lower for solar than for nuclear. Note, of course, that direct thermal pollution is greatly overshadowed right now by forcing from increasing greenhouse gases.
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Re:Nuclear power: Are we too anxious about the risks of radi... by Manfredo_1 on Monday September 28, 2020 @02:02PM (#24619498)
The direct global thermal pollution for both solar panels and nuclear are negligible compared to the 100-200 petawatts of light hitting the earth constantly.
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Re:Nuclear power: Are we too anxious about the risks of radi... by pfdietz on Monday September 28, 2020 @02:14PM (#24619634)
Right. It's not any immediate global concern.
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