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farla ([personal profile] farla) wrote2007-10-10 07:13 pm

Which weighs more, a pound of feathers or a pound of lead?

Allow me to share with you what I've learned to prove nuclear power is unfeasible.

We can get about 10 terawatts from nuclear power plants. However! In order to get this much power we would have to build a 1 gigawatt plant EVERY DAY for the next FIFTY YEARS.

Instead, we should use solar energy, which has the potential to give us about 20 terawatts.

[identity profile] ember-reignited.livejournal.com 2007-10-11 07:52 pm (UTC)(link)
Plus? Solar energy doesn't produce scary radioactive waste that has to be buried in containers it may very well outlive and come back from to haunt us.