@boem@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years agoWhy data centers want to have their own nuclear reactorsenglish.elpais.comexternal-linkmessage-square54fedilinkarrow-up1183arrow-down111
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minus-square@Usernameblankface@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish5•2 years agoYeah, do it. Quit being a consumer of mixed source power, start being a producer of steady, good energy. (Dirty enough that calling it clean green energy gets pushback, but far better than non-green normal sources like coal or natural gas.)
minus-squareEcho DotlinkfedilinkEnglish0•2 years agoNuclear power is complicated because it still involves mining. Which will inevitably damage the environment even if all the mining equipment are electric vehicles run on solar power.
minus-square@I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish2•edit-22 years agoSo does literally every energy source. Solar panels and wind turbines don’t grow on trees.
Yeah, do it. Quit being a consumer of mixed source power, start being a producer of steady, good energy.
(Dirty enough that calling it clean green energy gets pushback, but far better than non-green normal sources like coal or natural gas.)
Nuclear power is complicated because it still involves mining. Which will inevitably damage the environment even if all the mining equipment are electric vehicles run on solar power.
So does literally every energy source. Solar panels and wind turbines don’t grow on trees.