Wind and solar will power datacenters more cheaply than SMRs
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: Study finds microgrids with wind, solar, and batteries can be built years sooner and at lower cost than SMRs
  • SpaceCowboy@lemmy.caEnglish
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    13 hours ago

    Shipping frigates? Sure, lets give the Houthis and Somali pirates the capability of building dirty bombs.

    And if solar power is cheaper on Earth, think of how much more cheaper it is in space where there isn’t an atmosphere getting in the way.

    Sometimes a tech is really cool, but there just isn’t any viable use case for it.

    • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      13 hours ago

      Sure, lets give the Houthis and Somali pirates the capability of building dirty bombs.

      What are you talking about?

      And if solar power is cheaper on Earth, think of how much more cheaper it is in space

      There’s an R^2 drop off as you travel away from the sun.