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People Would Rather Have Nuclear Power Plants In Their Area Than AI Data Centers (www.forbes.com)
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[–] call_me_xale@lemmy.zip 79 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (2 children)

Hell, some of the more modern designs barely produce that...

[–] urandom@lemmy.world 2 points 5 hours ago

What’s the point then?!

[–] Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works 24 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

I still remember learning that and about breeder reactors (they produce fissile material from common isotopes) and feeling so betrayed by the common zeitgeist

[–] Mountainaire@lemmy.world 28 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

Indeed, nuclear is among the safest and cleanest forms of energy currently available to us! All the waste in the world for life barely fills a few football fields' worth of space, if I recall correctly.

[–] richardwallass@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

The issue with waste is not the volume but the duration.

[–] Mountainaire@lemmy.world 1 points 37 minutes ago* (last edited 37 minutes ago)

But surely you'd agree that we have more than enough space for even lifetime storage, no? Compare that to the junk emitted from nearly everything else. What is your proposed alternative?

[–] McTavern@lemmy.world 11 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

One football field 10 meters high to be precise.

[–] zurohki@aussie.zone 19 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (3 children)

One football field 10 meters high

You're mixing US and metric measurement systems there. You should either stick to meters or come up with a sports analogy for the height.

[–] ferrule@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 hours ago

One futball field 10 meters high to be precise.

FTFY

[–] arrow74@lemmy.zip 9 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

11.574 standard National Baseball League baseball bats high

[–] inb4_FoundTheVegan@lemmy.world 5 points 12 hours ago

What if their from the parts of the world that call "soccer" football and also use metric? Which is basically everyone.

[–] Mountainaire@lemmy.world 2 points 12 hours ago

I knew it was something around there, thanks!