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In reply to the discussion: Georgia nuclear plant's cost now forecast to top $30 billion [View all]speak easy
(9,101 posts)36. ty. I will read through the references carefully.
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you could buy 10,000 2MW wind turbines for that amount, no additional fuel costs
Blues Heron
May 2022
#1
Wind turbines actually impact the environment in other ways as you still need metal
cstanleytech
May 2022
#4
Maybe I am wrong but wasn't there also an issue with birds being killed by turbines?
cstanleytech
May 2022
#6
"The steel in them would require millions of tons of coal ... haul them away 20 years"
speak easy
May 2022
#16
Well, again, there are scientific references on the point, if one looks and if one recognizes scale.
NNadir
May 2022
#35
'Capacity' wrt wind power is not the same as 24/7 output like you get from a NPP
Hugh_Lebowski
May 2022
#33
just wanted to see how many windmills you could buy with that kind of money
Blues Heron
May 2022
#34
There's no excuse for costs like this. We KNOW how to build modern nuclear plants
oldsoftie
May 2022
#2
True. It also decentralizes the generation of power, making it less vulnerable to malefactors.
PSPS
May 2022
#12
The glorious "free market" is going to kill billions of us if we don't quit fossil fuels.
hunter
May 2022
#40
The waste problem is overblown. Compared to fossil fuel waste, the volume is manageable.
hunter
May 2022
#43
Interesting coincidence that you should mention how used nuclear fuel "just sits there".
TheRickles
May 2022
#50
I do not see nuclear as a "competitor" to renewables, nor vice versa.
Miguelito Loveless
May 2022
#54