Re:Solar farms took over California desert: ‘An oasis has be...
by rich_sasha on Monday May 22, 2023 @07:18AM
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...but nuclear bad and solar good.
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Re:Solar farms took over California desert: ‘An oasis has be...
by Arnt on Monday May 22, 2023 @07:50AM
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You're pretending that uranium mines don't disturb any habitats. And maybe that nuclear power can avoid being overpriced.
(BTW, one of the major cost rises for nuclear power also happened in California, when the risk models were extended to cover seismic activity. Nuclear power was cheaper back when it was legal to disregard most risks.)
Re:Solar farms took over California desert: ‘An oasis has be...
by kgabis on Monday May 22, 2023 @11:15AM
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Good thing solar panels appear out of thin air and don't need any mining to be manufactured.
Re:Solar farms took over California desert: ‘An oasis has be...
by Arnt on Monday May 22, 2023 @12:34PM
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Well, if you want to go into that: Building a solar panel needs mining, rather like how building a nuclear power station does. Once the solar is there, the sun supplies the fuel, not a mining process.
If you're a programmer, you might say that solar has O(1) mining while nuclear has O(n).
Re:Solar farms took over California desert: ‘An oasis has be...
by karmakurtisaani on Monday May 22, 2023 @12:19PM
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Let's not do the whole wedge between renewables and nuclear. Both are good, end of discussion.