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Re:The University of California has all but dropped carbon o... by stronglikedan on Thursday November 30, 2023 @10:56AM (#38475039)
solar - nuclear is always on

wind - nuclear has a small defined footprint and doesn't kill animals

geothermal - nuclear can be built anywhere

nuclear - is safe and effective

Re:The University of California has all but dropped carbon o... by bad_alloc on Thursday November 30, 2023 @11:01AM (#38475094)
> nuclear is always on

When is peak energy demand during the day/month/year?

> nuclear can be built anywhere

Like Fukushima? How do you handle lack of cooling water during droughts (see France 2022)?

> doesn't kill animals

How many animals get killed by wind farms roughly?

> is safe and effective

What is the cost per MWh including building cost + waste disposal costs?

Re:The University of California has all but dropped carbon o... by linksnapzz on Thursday November 30, 2023 @11:23AM (#38475388)
>> nuclear can be built anywhere

>Like Fukushima? How do you handle lack of cooling water during droughts (see France 2022)?

Fukushima had problems that were known before the tsunami, that TEPCO failed to address.

Likewise, EDF has (and still had) power-delivery in France during the summer of 2022; "summer" being an event that has happened with some regularity in southern Europe for some time.

Re:The University of California has all but dropped carbon o... by TheLoafOfBread on Thursday November 30, 2023 @03:28PM (#38478625)
> How do you handle lack of cooling water during droughts (see France 2022)?

As far as I know, it was not lack of cooling water, but water retuning back to river being too hot, because that specific French design does not have cooling towers and discharges water back to river.

Re:The University of California has all but dropped carbon o... by tokai on Thursday November 30, 2023 @11:07AM (#38475184)
>How many animals get killed by wind farms roughly?

Half a million a year in the US. Maybe.

https://abcbirds.org/blog21/wind-turbine-mortality/

Re:The University of California has all but dropped carbon o... by InitialLastName on Thursday November 30, 2023 @11:33AM (#38475516)
For complete context, that's out of 7.2 billion birds in the US [0]. So 7 per 100k per year.

[0] https://www.denverpost.com/2019/09/20/bird-population-decrea...