schroedingershat

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[–] schroedingershat@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Even if you could magically increase the number of nuclear reactors started before 2012 tenfold to keep up with wind and solar, you'd have to triple uranium mining overnight to fuel them for the first time.

[–] schroedingershat@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (4 children)

https://www.iowafarmbureau.com/Article/Relative-Value-of-Soybean-Meal-and-Soybean-Oil

Most of the revenue is the meal. Nobody would grow it for the oil.

Almost half of the oil is used for biodeisel. So even if it were exclusively for the oil (a lie) getting rid of 40% and getting rid of the meat would do more than green fertizer

Also all an attempt at distraction because humans could eat a plant grown there.

[–] schroedingershat@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (5 children)

I said red meat. Pork and chicken need to go too, but that'snot as urgent.

[–] schroedingershat@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (26 children)

Paltering.

Corn and soy grown for the purpose of large animal feed exceeds the amount of cropland used directly for human consumption in areas where <20% of calories and protein come from red meat.

[–] schroedingershat@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Yes. It costs less and requires less mining to use the most expensive and wasteful storage option. The only reason there aren't more is a lack of sufficient investment in VRE required to make them useful.

 

Uranium is $128.30/kg

After enrichment, conversion and fabrication that's $3400/kg for 4.95% fuel.

At 36-45MWd/kg and a net thermal efficiency of 25% or $12.5/MWh up front.

With a 90 month lead time (72 month fuel cycle and 18 months inventory) at 3% this is $16.2/MWh

Which some solar projects are now matching

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