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Re:Costa Rica Is Now Running on 100% Renewable Electricity by 2muchcoffeeman on Wednesday April 01, 2015 @05:02PM (#9306874)
What kind of land do we need to make wind turbines generate more power then a nuclear plant?
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Re:Costa Rica Is Now Running on 100% Renewable Electricity by toomuchtodo on Wednesday April 01, 2015 @05:09PM (#9306922)
Are we counting off-shore turbines that consume no usable land? And are we taking into account that we still don't dispose of nuclear waste in an acceptable way and won't ever agree to recycle it?
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Re:Costa Rica Is Now Running on 100% Renewable Electricity by 2muchcoffeeman on Tuesday April 07, 2015 @06:43PM (#9337667)
Good point, but does sea based cost the same and is available to everyone? What's the average case?
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