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Re:No to Nuclear Power by eigenvector on Monday June 25, 2012 @04:01PM (#4158433)
> Also, yes nuclear does have its associated costs and risks, but they are capable of making shit tons of power, on the order of magnitude that solar and wind and hydro combined are not yet capable of doing.

Wind and solar yes, hydro no. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_power_stations_in_Quebe...

Hydro is capable and proven in GW-scale generation.

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Re:No to Nuclear Power by pjscott on Monday June 25, 2012 @05:18PM (#4158795)
Hydro is great and proven technology where you have the geography for it. The Three Gorges Dam, for instance, provides up to a staggering 22.5 GW. The limitation is geography.
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Re:No to Nuclear Power by Turing_Machine on Monday June 25, 2012 @07:15PM (#4159258)
Unfortunately most of the good large-scale hydro sites were exploited long ago.
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