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[-] BombOmOm@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Nuclear and renewables together is where it is at. Anything less means more gas burned.

[-] FiendishFork@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

It is unfortunate how deep anti nuclear sentiment goes with many people. Modern and future reactors are so different from old designs

[-] iridaniotter@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Even the old designs aren't that bad all things considered. Even including all exclusion zones, nuclear probably still uses the least amount of land per TWh per year...

Note on data:

spoilerBased on real-world data, except for CSP which uses expected data of existing sites. Only electricity production and not direct use of biofuels. Dedicated biomass includes only woody biomass from willow, poplar, and spruce trees. Residue biomass refers to using a coal plant to burn extant biomass, requiring no feedstock land use but using more space than coal plants because biomass is less efficient. American nuclear power plants use more space than most countries because of less reactors per plant. Factors in nuclear exclusion zones (area divided by total historical power generation) even though partially inhabited. Includes fuel production as "indirect land use", part of "total land use". Excludes run-of-the-river hydroelectric projects. "Spacing" includes space in between wind turbines and fossil gas well pads even if empty of any infrastructure. Excludes land needed to mine materials or other upstream land use, land needed for energy transmission, and offshore area impacts and underground impacts.

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