Nuclear energy is long-term sustainable

Re:Nuclear energy is long-term sustainable by p_l on Friday November 12, 2021 @05:02PM (#29205060)

Because, surprisingly, various ecosystems including Amazon rainforests are dependant on sand picked by wind from Sahara. Ecology can be weirder than you think, and having intercontinental dependencies is surprisingly common.

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Re:Nuclear energy is long-term sustainable by ben_w on Saturday November 13, 2021 @04:24AM (#29208569)

Sensitive enough that 0.5% land use change would do that?

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Re:Nuclear energy is long-term sustainable by p_l on Saturday November 13, 2021 @08:08AM (#29209479)

I don't remember the exact numbers from studies, but EU-funded research in that area suggested vastly higher numbers as part of removing fossil fuel dependency

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Re:Nuclear energy is long-term sustainable by ben_w on Saturday November 13, 2021 @03:53PM (#29213072)

I suggest following the Wolfram Alpha link I gave above. My assumptions, to explain the magic numbers visible in that formula, are 20% efficient and 25% capacity factor.

(And the other person was actually saying electricity, which is what WA is inferring in that calculation)

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