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Environment & Energy

Finishline42

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20. How many nuclear plants could have been built

Reply to NNadir (Reply #18)

Sun Jun 12, 2022, 04:02 PM

Jun 2022

with the 100's of billions it has taken to clean up that mess in Fukushima and they will be spending billions more before they are finished?

Again, for the record, I am not anit-nuke. I have said many times it makes sense to me to keep the nuclear plants we have in operation.

the reasons we won't be building many more are clear:

NIMBY - nobody wants on in their back yard.

The federal govt isn't building them - for profit utility companies are and they are nearly impossible to fund - just ask South Carolina and Georgia.

So while you are tilting at windmills, solar farms, hydro dams, biomass, etc PA is still paying to clean up Three Mile Island...

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Japan Is Dropping a Gargantuan Turbine Into The Ocean to Harness 'Limitless' Energy [View all] Warpy Jun 2022 OP

A current to current converter Yonnie3 Jun 2022 #1

This message was self-deleted by its author wyn borkins Jun 2022 #2

Wind, waves, and sun-- viva la Jun 2022 #3

Sun and wind can help, but they're intermittent Warpy Jun 2022 #4

Jellyfish in the intake! viva la Jun 2022 #10

No, you just have to dust the panels off after a windstorm Warpy Jun 2022 #11

Speaking of ocean power.... viva la Jun 2022 #17

They're working on it Warpy Jun 2022 #19

Within a few hundred miles of the ocean and at lower elevations... hunter Jun 2022 #21

I'm from a Great Lakes state viva la Jun 2022 #23

You're right. For centuriesupon centuries, humanity lived on the sun, the wind, flowing water... NNadir Jun 2022 #7

As the article stated, a prototype has worked well in the field for three yeats Warpy Jun 2022 #8

We've had lots of prototypes of lots of devices. We had prototypes for wind turbines in... NNadir Jun 2022 #9

Those old windmills were once state of the art Warpy Jun 2022 #12

I fail to see the difference between "still be squatting in the mud..." and... NNadir Jun 2022 #13

A lot of resources are being spent on this project... Finishline42 Jun 2022 #14

Oh Geeze... The money being spent will save very few lives, because very few lives are at risk. NNadir Jun 2022 #15

Hey I think another wind farm came online Finishline42 Jun 2022 #16

Hey, I think about 7,850,000 tons of carbon dioxide were dumped and 1600 people died from air... NNadir Jun 2022 #18

How many nuclear plants could have been built Finishline42 Jun 2022 #20

For the record... NNadir Jun 2022 #22

I always thought using the tidal changes in the Bay of Fundy could be a useful supply of electricity mitch96 Jun 2022 #5

Tidal bores look powerful, butthey're intermittent Warpy Jun 2022 #6