• VibeSurgeon@piefed.social
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    2 months ago

    Efficient use of resources still matters in a service-driven model.

    The service in this case is to provide electricity - if other alternatives can provide the same system of electricity while using less resources in the process, then it is clearly preferable.

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          2 months ago

          It’s relevant because the less-resource-efficient oil industry has lobbied to make nuclear power artificially inefficient so that their industry can continue to exist.

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            2 months ago

            I don’t think anyone is arguing for the oil industry.

            Even if nuclear power plant byproducts were re-used at 100%, this would still decidedly not make nuclear energy more resource efficient than solar and wind.

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              2 months ago

              this would still decidedly not make nuclear energy more resource efficient than solar and wind.

              Maybe true only at small scale.