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croes 5 hours ago

It’s an inefficient way of producing energy. Only 30-35% results in electricity

ai_critic 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

If you believe that figure, that's still comparable to solar's best ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar-cell_efficiency ).

Optimal steam plants can get do better, exceeding 50% in some configurations ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combined-cycle_power_plant#Eff... ). Steam is awesome.

graeme 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Could you please provide comparable figured of EROI for solar vs Nuclear?

For a useful comparison you have to compare both sides, not give a stat in isolation and assert it is worse without comparing.

ethmarks 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

What alternative do you propose that's more efficient?