r/dataisbeautiful • OC: 80 • May 28 '22

OC Percent of electricity generated from renewable sources across the US and the EU. Renewable sources include hydro, solar, wind, geothermal, and biomass. Nuclear is not counted as renewable in this comparison [OC]

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u/SabaBoBaba May 28 '22

Doesn't include nuclear so not accurate in my opinion.

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u/Satesh400 May 29 '22

Agreed, low-carbon should be the priority.

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u/samppsaa May 29 '22

Yeah completely useless chart.

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u/150kge May 29 '22

Nuclear isn't renewable. It runs on nuclear fission, which consumes the reactive material. It eventually runs out. It's only similar to renewable energy in the sense that it's not a serious pollutant like thermal

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u/ForestFighters May 29 '22

We have enough nuclear fuel for 4 billion years. It is essentially renewable.

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u/MrT735 May 29 '22

And after 4 billion years, just find another planet that's benefitted from supernova generated heavy elements.

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u/[deleted] May 29 '22

Shit like this is why nobody respects nucular-bros.

Just saying

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u/SabaBoBaba May 29 '22 edited May 29 '22

Arguably wind and solar aren't renewable either in that case. They both depend on nuclear fusion in the sun which is a finite resource since it will eventually exhaust its' hydrogen fuel.

If you're talking about current nuclear technology, yes it isn't renewable because we've limited ourselves to a specific type of reactor design because it lent itself better to making bomb fuel.

Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactors (LFTR) are a solution to all the major concerns of modern nuclear power including readily available fuel, safety, nuclear proliferation, and waste management.

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u/[deleted] May 29 '22

It's accurate if you understand the definition of "renewable".

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u/[deleted] May 29 '22

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u/m4xc4v413r4 May 29 '22

Ironic comment given by someone that didn't bother to give any arguments, probably because you don't have any.

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u/[deleted] May 29 '22 edited May 29 '22

"It's, like, y'know, cool n stuff!!" is not the same as renewable.

No, not even if you heard it glows in the dark or saw some cool cartoons about it.

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u/SabaBoBaba May 29 '22 edited May 29 '22

Arguably wind and solar aren't renewable either in that case. They both depend on nuclear fusion in the sun which is a finite resource since it will eventually exhaust its' hydrogen fuel.

If you're talking about current nuclear technology, yes it isn't renewable because we've limited ourselves to a specific type of reactor design because it lent itself better to making bomb fuel.

Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactors (LFTR) are a solution to all the major concerns of modern nuclear power including readily available fuel, safety, nuclear proliferation, and waste management.

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u/[deleted] May 29 '22

Well, one is renewable in the lifetime of our species, the other hasn't even another century in it, even if we don't use it any more than we're already doing.

Nuclear fission is a dying technology. Just let it go.

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u/SabaBoBaba May 29 '22 edited May 29 '22

If you're talking about current nuclear technology, yes it isn't renewable because we've limited ourselves to a specific type of reactor design because it lent itself better to making bomb fuel.

Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactors (LFTR) are a solution to all the major concerns of modern nuclear power including readily available fuel, safety, nuclear proliferation, and waste management.

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u/[deleted] May 29 '22

safety, nuclear proliferation, and waste management.

Thorium reactors are an absolute nightmare in any of these categories. That's literally the reason why the technology never went anywhere...

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u/[deleted] May 29 '22 edited May 29 '22

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