Now this is a serious power! This type of solar technology is ready, proven and available on the market.
Consider for a moment that typical nuclear power plant has between 600 and 1500 MW installed capacity - then ask yourself what type of power station would rather have in your back yard. Right, me too!
I suspect that more and more of such power stations will start popping up all across southern USA. And rightly so. Well done Arizona! One down - dozens more to come!
No. Solar power is still a shitty, expensive and pretty much a waste of money when it comes to power distribution. Not only does it have a low power output per unit area, factor in the extreme cost of the plant, the high maintenance costs and the fact that it basically only works for 12 hours a day and you'll see what I mean.
If "green power" or whatever you hippies are after, nuclear power and hydro is the way to go. Just because you hear Arizona doesn't mean that the place is devoid of sufficient water. Remember Hoover Dam?
The worst thing is burning fossil fuel (coal and natural gas) to make electricity. This treats the air and everyone's backyard like a sewer. So both solar and nuclear are OK. You seem to be using nuclear's bad public image as a convenient way to make your point.
The typical nuclear reactor generates 600 to 1500 MWe. A plant typical has two or more reactors. Plus, its electricity that is generated 24/7 at that rate (minus outages), while solar only hits its peak on the brighest days.
Giant solar plants in the desert are good, but for the rest of the country, you need more compact plants like nuclear.
"Consider for a moment that typical nuclear power plant has between 600 and 1500 MW installed capacity - then ask yourself what type of power station would rather have in your back yard. Right, me too!"
Just how big IS your back yard?!?
How much wilderness are you willing to chew up building these plants?
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Now this is a serious power! This type of solar technology is ready, proven and available on the market.
Consider for a moment that typical nuclear power plant has between 600 and 1500 MW installed capacity - then ask yourself what type of power station would rather have in your back yard. Right, me too!
I suspect that more and more of such power stations will start popping up all across southern USA. And rightly so. Well done Arizona! One down - dozens more to come!
Actually, I'd want a nuclear power plant; the prospects of playing S.T.A.L.K.E.R. irl is just too delicious :]
No. Solar power is still a shitty, expensive and pretty much a waste of money when it comes to power distribution. Not only does it have a low power output per unit area, factor in the extreme cost of the plant, the high maintenance costs and the fact that it basically only works for 12 hours a day and you'll see what I mean.
If "green power" or whatever you hippies are after, nuclear power and hydro is the way to go. Just because you hear Arizona doesn't mean that the place is devoid of sufficient water. Remember Hoover Dam?
I agree, and with the amount of land and sunlight the US has, they could of been doing this a long time ago.
The worst thing is burning fossil fuel (coal and natural gas) to make electricity. This treats the air and everyone's backyard like a sewer. So both solar and nuclear are OK. You seem to be using nuclear's bad public image as a convenient way to make your point.
The typical nuclear reactor generates 600 to 1500 MWe. A plant typical has two or more reactors. Plus, its electricity that is generated 24/7 at that rate (minus outages), while solar only hits its peak on the brighest days.
Giant solar plants in the desert are good, but for the rest of the country, you need more compact plants like nuclear.
"Consider for a moment that typical nuclear power plant has between 600 and 1500 MW installed capacity - then ask yourself what type of power station would rather have in your back yard. Right, me too!"
Just how big IS your back yard?!?
How much wilderness are you willing to chew up building these plants?
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Hoover Damn is Nevada,dumbass.