My impression is that this is a PR push, designed to avoid having to invest in renewables, and let them keep on burning gas and coal, rather than something likely to come to fruition.

    • @WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish
      10•6 months ago

      Even if they don’t burn fossils, the steel and concrete alone emits thousands/millions of tons of GHG’s; every project.

      I guarantee the mining and refinement of fissile material is also extremely energy and water intensive, and I wouldn’t be surprised if most of those embodied GHG’s are ignored or criminally underreported.