People Would Rather Have Nuclear Power Plants In Their Area Than AI Data Centers : technology

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

They’re gonna get both nuclear power plants and data centers.

[–] lemmydividebyzero@reddthat.com -2 points 1 day ago (5 children)

I don't want either please.

Centralized energy sources should be considered a bad idea in Europe after what happened in Ukraine.

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[–] inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Let's be honest, with AI you'll get both right next to you competing for the use of water.

And you know when the Nuclear plant needs the water to prevent a meltdown, you know who will get the water.

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

good news! you will have those too!

[+] Duke_Nukem_1990@feddit.org -24 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Nuclear shills out in force in the comments 😬

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world -1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Article pitches this as either/or when it's very obviously going to be more of one producing more of the other.

I do get tired of the "nuclear energy is better than climate change!" as though our voracious demand for cheap energy will neatly cap itself the moment we get X new nuclear facilities online.

But I also get tired of hearing people insist that nuclear energy is on the horizon, when nobody is building new plants. This is a vaporware technology. It isn't in the production pipeline and there's no reason to believe posting your Nuke-Love online will change that

[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

https://world-nuclear.org/nuclear-reactor-database/summary

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Excuse me, nobody outside of China is building new reactors

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[+] HiTekRedNek@lemmy.world -10 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (5 children)

Technically speaking, everything is nuclear power. The sun, our star, is a fusion generator.

Wind? winds are caused by weather patterns, which are caused by the sun, either through radiative heating or tidal forces.

Solar? Also the sun.

Hell, nearly every element in existence is the result of fusion in stars. Like coal and natural gas.

Even chemical reactions in batteries are an indirect result of nuclear power.

[–] SpacetimeMachine@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Geothermal energy is not nuclear power, tidal energy isn't either.

[–] HiTekRedNek@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

Considering that everything comes from stars, even planets themselves, yes. Yes it is 🤣

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