Flying Squid@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoMicrosoft Needs So Much Power to Train AI That It's Considering Small Nuclear Reactorsfuturism.comexternal-linkmessage-square233linkfedilinkarrow-up1703arrow-down119cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1684arrow-down1external-linkMicrosoft Needs So Much Power to Train AI That It's Considering Small Nuclear Reactorsfuturism.comFlying Squid@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square233linkfedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squaredocmox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 years agoThis is false. Nuclear has a very competitive levelized cost of energy (LCOE). Nuclear has high upfront costs but fuel is cheap and the reactor can last much longer than solar panels. The big picture matters not just upfront costs. Source: https://www.energy.gov/sites/prod/files/2015/08/f25/LCOE.pdf
minus-squareDogyote@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoYo better check your fuel prices: https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2023/09/21/why-uranium-prices-are-soaring Plus imagine how expensive uranium will get once we start relying on nuclear. It’ll be the new oil.
This is false. Nuclear has a very competitive levelized cost of energy (LCOE). Nuclear has high upfront costs but fuel is cheap and the reactor can last much longer than solar panels. The big picture matters not just upfront costs.
Source: https://www.energy.gov/sites/prod/files/2015/08/f25/LCOE.pdf
Yo better check your fuel prices: https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2023/09/21/why-uranium-prices-are-soaring
Plus imagine how expensive uranium will get once we start relying on nuclear. It’ll be the new oil.