Nuclear fuel is necessary to run those plants, forests are often cut down and turned into wastelands for open pit mining of that fuel. Are you omitting these basic facts on purpose or out of ignorance?
there’s no such thing as water requirements, the water that’s used in the core is in a closed loop, and the one that gets used to generate the steam is then put back into where it was taken (river etc)
not to mention that’s what all power plants do, electricity generation has always been about the best way to heat up water
The water that’s being used to generate power isn’t touching the core at all
as for solar and wind, you are right, but don’t underestimate how many solar panels and wind turbines you should have to put to completely replace all power production, that’s an immense land requirement, not to mention the immense material cost
But hey, if we can manage to get enough renewables I’m completely on board
Definitely a concern. But fortunately, batteries are >90% recyclable and chemistry is changing all the times to reduce the dependence upon finite minerals.
Nuclear fuel is necessary to run those plants, forests are often cut down and turned into wastelands for open pit mining of that fuel. Are you omitting these basic facts on purpose or out of ignorance?
100%. And what about the water requirements for managing and controlling the nuclear reactor?
there’s no such thing as water requirements, the water that’s used in the core is in a closed loop, and the one that gets used to generate the steam is then put back into where it was taken (river etc)
not to mention that’s what all power plants do, electricity generation has always been about the best way to heat up water
That’s still a water requirement and that water is bathing in isotopes. And solar and wind don’t require steam for power generation.
The water that’s being used to generate power isn’t touching the core at all
as for solar and wind, you are right, but don’t underestimate how many solar panels and wind turbines you should have to put to completely replace all power production, that’s an immense land requirement, not to mention the immense material cost
But hey, if we can manage to get enough renewables I’m completely on board
And what about the water requirements for mining lithium?
Definitely a concern. But fortunately, batteries are >90% recyclable and chemistry is changing all the times to reduce the dependence upon finite minerals.