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The US government opens 22 million acres of federal lands to solar (electrek.co)
submitted 11 months ago by L4s to c/technology
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The US government opens 22 million acres of federal lands to solar::The Biden administration has updated the roadmap for solar development to 22 million acres of federal lands in the US West.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago

Sorry, but I’m curious about a few statements here. In what way is a reactor obsolete? And how does whatever degree of obsolescence compare with solar grids that are still undergoing massive innovation- isn’t anything we build today obsolete tomorrow? Do SMRs really take 20+ years to build?

Nuclear waste “issue” must be compared to electronic waste “issue” - with total cost of ownership calcs of rare earth mining and discarding batteries on a regular basis.

And yes, of that doesn’t address the main concern which is grid integration and base load sustainment.