Coal doesn't have a nuclear meltdown when it doesn't get enough water during the summer though.
I know everyone here saw what happened to european rivers last year, and I know everyone here knows it only gets worse from here on out. Using rivers to cool a nuclear powerplant in the declining climate we have is a nuclear disaster waiting to happen.
?? you think scientists arent planning around climate change? they are acutely aware of it. most facilities have pumps
shit ive even read about a guy getting sucked into one while diving near germany, he ignored the signs and waltzed right up to the pipe. terrifying experience for sure but he came out of it fine. was thrown out into some water treatment plant with a bunch of confused workers around him
It's not scientists I'm worried about, if they had listened to scientists Fukushima wouldn't have happened. There is no guarantee that the scientists are actually listened to on matters of safety vs cost.
Yeah because Germany's rivers are going to be able to keep a nuclear powerplant cool when they dry up every summer for the rest of eternity.
Coal also uses a ton of water and a lot of the power plants are in water scarce areas
Coal doesn't have a nuclear meltdown when it doesn't get enough water during the summer though.
I know everyone here saw what happened to european rivers last year, and I know everyone here knows it only gets worse from here on out. Using rivers to cool a nuclear powerplant in the declining climate we have is a nuclear disaster waiting to happen.
?? you think scientists arent planning around climate change? they are acutely aware of it. most facilities have pumps
shit ive even read about a guy getting sucked into one while diving near germany, he ignored the signs and waltzed right up to the pipe. terrifying experience for sure but he came out of it fine. was thrown out into some water treatment plant with a bunch of confused workers around him
It's not scientists I'm worried about, if they had listened to scientists Fukushima wouldn't have happened. There is no guarantee that the scientists are actually listened to on matters of safety vs cost.
Yeah capitalism takes something that would be one of the best options and turns it into a potentially horrific gamble
So use post-primary-treated water? It doesn't need to be potable or even clean enough for plants to carry energy from a reactor to turbines
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Comparing the operation of coal to the devastation a single nuclear plant failure could cause to the entirety of Europe is silly.
solar can be cooled with fans that make use of atmospheric water