You Can't Power Your Data Center Only with Renewables

Re:You Can't Power Your Data Center Only with Renewables by oceanplexian on Thursday April 06, 2023 @04:12PM (#35473712)

Funny how Nuclear is never counted as renewable.

Like, the sun literally runs on nuclear fuel, with a finite amount of hydrogen and helium, and an expiration date. But it’s never considered “renewable energy” when humans do it.

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Re:You Can't Power Your Data Center Only with Renewables by Schroedingersat on Friday April 07, 2023 @03:28AM (#35479087)

LWRs are not renewable because the quantity of economically accessible U235 inferred to be in the world (not even the stuff discovered) is about enough to power the world for 10 years.

Breeders do not exist.

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Re:You Can't Power Your Data Center Only with Renewables by egberts1 on Sunday April 09, 2023 @11:11AM (#35503475)

Ummm, about those breeder reactors ...

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breeder_reactor#Fast_breeder...

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Re:You Can't Power Your Data Center Only with Renewables by Schroedingersat on Sunday April 09, 2023 @06:43PM (#35507208)

Now give me the list of ones that don't run on U235 or on a once through cycle (or a quantity of Pu greater than they produce which is the same thing with extra steps).

Just because you name something a unicorn doesn't make it shit rainbows.

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