Comment on 40% of US electricity is now emissions-free
jabjoe@feddit.uk 5 months agoEasier to recycle solar pannels and wind turbines than burnt coal or gas…
Solar and wind are now the cheapest power. www.eia.gov/outlooks/aeo/electricity_generation/ Both can be mixed with other land use. Both are still undergoing material use evolution.
Fission is always going to be an issue because humans aren’t grown up enough to handle the waste. scientificamerican.com/…/nuclear-waste-is-piling-…
Let alone running them safely. …wikipedia.org/…/List_of_nuclear_power_accidents_… So I’m pretty uncomfortable with standardized nuclear modules (sub reactors) being distributed far and wide.
Maybe fusion will be different, but it always seams decades away.
wikibot@lemmy.world [bot] 5 months ago
Here’s the summary for the wikipedia article you mentioned in your comment:
Worldwide, many nuclear accidents and serious incidents have occurred before and since the Chernobyl disaster in 1986. Two thirds of these mishaps occurred in the US. The French Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) has concluded that technical innovation cannot eliminate the risk of human errors in nuclear plant operation.^article^ ^|^ ^about^