Sunken Soviet-era submarine is emitting radiation

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  1. mjd4277

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  3. mhyn

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    USA has sun and wind. Let's first use these resources. then if power will not be enough nuclear stations will be built. 1000 mwt power station will cost $5 billion. For that money Abengoa will built 50+ solar thermal stations that will produce 10x more power.
     
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    Solar and wind work great for dynamic loads. Not so much for base loads.
    The wind doesn't always blow and it's not always sunny for example.

    We could use building out more solar and wind farms, and we are which is a good thing. These are typically replacing natural gas and some coal plants though. We still need the base load generation, and while hydro tends to be the cleanest way to generate the base load, there has to be very specific requirements to build the plant.
     
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    Oh thanks Chinatown lol ...I was almost out of things to worry about .
     
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    Yellowstone area could be good place to build geothermal power stations. Plus tidal stream power generating stations can be build everywhere on coast. these two also provide clean energy.
     
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    It was actually a Mammoet job.

    Project Arch over Chernobyl | Mammoet

     
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    Doesn't have to be just Yellowstone either. And yes geothermal is a good option. Cheap, cleaner than solar and not as risky as nuclear. Biggest problem with it is it's very expensive to build. Of course it has no fuel cost so over the plants lifetime it's only very slightly more expensive than nuclear on a MWH basis.
    As for tidal generation, it's twice as expensive as nuclear so it's very unlikely to ever be more than a feel good project.
     
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