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Re:Want to fight climate change? Build more nuclear power by graeme on Monday September 01, 2014 @09:37AM (#8252734)
But isn't that non-fossil energy built with fossil energy?

EROI is what's motivating my comments. Fossil energy has a higher EROI than other sources, currently.

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Re:Want to fight climate change? Build more nuclear power by pdonis on Monday September 01, 2014 @11:50AM (#8253406)
> But isn't that non-fossil energy built with fossil energy?

Not if you use non-fossil electricity to power all the steps in the build process. I should have clarified that that's what I was envisioning.

> Fossil energy has a higher EROI than other sources, currently.

Actually, I don't think that's currently true for nuclear; the EROEI figures for nuclear that I've seen seem way off, even if breeder reactors are left out of the equation. I don't think a lot of people realize just how much energy there is in a kilogram of uranium, compared to a kilogram of fossil fuel.

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