• @Claidheamh

    That’s a big claim, and having watched a #nuclear power station being built I struggle to agree. Especially if you look at full life cycle from mining uranium to disposal.

    Also most of the work with a #windmill is establishing the site. Once done repairs and upgrades are cheap.

    And #renewables are quick. Chuck a spare at it and you’ll have useful energy in a few months. The main problem in the UK is government obstructing them.

    And they’re still being built.

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      1 year ago

      I’m challenging the claim about energy use, not cost. Uranium mining is a rounding error in this regard.

      What you’re missing from seeing a power station being built is how much energy it produces. Being conservative, a single reactor generates as much energy as around 1000 wind turbines. And that’s without taking into account the full life cycle, which can probably 3-4x that number.

      The energy density numbers of nuclear power are such completely different orders of magnitude to other energy sources that people usually have trouble understanding them in real world terms.