Best method of generating power?

Thoughts on Nuclear Energy, Sci?
I've heard but haven't been able to confirm that by using a mix of Light water reactors, breeder reactors and uranium extraction from sea water, we could have enough fuel to outlast the sun.
Is that true?
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>Thoughts on Nuclear Energy, Sci?
It is cleaner and cheaper than most power sources
>I've heard but haven't been able to confirm that by using a mix of Light water reactors, breeder reactors and uranium extraction from sea water, we could have enough fuel to outlast the sun.
Where did you read that?

Enough with the damn shill threads already. Fuck off to reddit.

I ain't a shill, I just don't know much about power generation.

Shut up! Nobody is impressed by your stupid windmills and everybody thinks you are a stinking hippie.

Yes, in theory breeder reactors combined with all of the Earth's uranium reserves could make nuclear power outlast the sun, but it won't necessarily be economical.

Right now nuclear power is comparatively cheap, since we are extracting ready-to-burn (only after enrichment) U-235 from high-concentration ores.

Overtime, however, you will have to start tapping into the much less cost-effective low-concentration ores and sewater, which combined with breeder reactors may make renewables simply cheaper - especially with the latest developments in photovoltaics.

I'm no economist though, so don't quote me on this - just some food for thought.

Personally I think it would be the best investment in energy we have moving forward.

The upsides generally are that its overall cleaner than fossil fuels (all of them) and produces exponentially more energy than them. It also has the advantage of being one of the few fuel sources that can actually produce enough energy within its lifespan/use to cover the energy cost of its production and maintenance.

The big downsides are of course that it can be weaponized if handles improperly, spent fuel must be stored somewhere indefinitely, and there tends to be a pretty stable patter of human fuck ups leading to a "melt down" or similar event about every 20 years.

Once again the counter argument to this is that if we invest in it now, the technology may improve between events reducing the frequency or impact of these fuck ups making them not as server, but no one seems to want to walk down that road.

Personally, I think its worth the try, but I considering people are now afraid of normal old salt like its the devil incarnated, I doubt we'll ever really use it to its full potential.

>implying 4 nuclear threads just happen to pop up in rapid succession
>implying there isn't a pattern of a burst of thread and then no one mentions it for months

Fuck off shill and take Veeky Forums off your spam list.

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