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In reply to the discussion: Busbar Electricity Prices at the Tehachapi Wind Farm This Evening. [View all]Act_of_Reparation
(9,116 posts)19. I think they did a good job of explaining this already.
Nuclear is big energy in a small geographic footprint. To get the output of a nuclear power station from wind or solar, you need to cover a very large geographic area with panels or turbines. This means producing a whole lot of panels and turbines, which is not a clean process. It also means building access roads and laying miles of cable, which are not clean processes, either.
When you consider how much energy goes into producing and maintaining solar and wind farms, nuclear could be the cleaner option.
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