top | item 19858348 (no title) monochromatic | 6 years ago Or else the boogeyman of global warming will destroy the world? discuss order hn newest sctb|6 years ago Since it seems you won't post substantively after we've asked countless times, we've banned the account.https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html monochromatic|6 years ago [deleted] organsnyder|6 years ago The world will be fine. I'm more concerned about the humans and other organisms. imtringued|6 years ago Yes, thanks to higher temperatures it has become harder to cool nuclear and coal powerplants.[0] https://qz.com/1348969/europes-heatwave-is-forcing-nuclear-p... onepointsixC|6 years ago How does this not apply to solar and wind? If anything Nuclear designs can at least build in additional cooling, but you have no way to make weather more consistent, especially in the case of runaway climate change. londons_explore|6 years ago This doesn't materially affect the cost-benefit of nuclear.You just have to build the plants with slightly larger cooling towers and use slightly more cooling water. load replies (1)
sctb|6 years ago Since it seems you won't post substantively after we've asked countless times, we've banned the account.https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html monochromatic|6 years ago [deleted]
organsnyder|6 years ago The world will be fine. I'm more concerned about the humans and other organisms.
imtringued|6 years ago Yes, thanks to higher temperatures it has become harder to cool nuclear and coal powerplants.[0] https://qz.com/1348969/europes-heatwave-is-forcing-nuclear-p... onepointsixC|6 years ago How does this not apply to solar and wind? If anything Nuclear designs can at least build in additional cooling, but you have no way to make weather more consistent, especially in the case of runaway climate change. londons_explore|6 years ago This doesn't materially affect the cost-benefit of nuclear.You just have to build the plants with slightly larger cooling towers and use slightly more cooling water. load replies (1)
onepointsixC|6 years ago How does this not apply to solar and wind? If anything Nuclear designs can at least build in additional cooling, but you have no way to make weather more consistent, especially in the case of runaway climate change.
londons_explore|6 years ago This doesn't materially affect the cost-benefit of nuclear.You just have to build the plants with slightly larger cooling towers and use slightly more cooling water. load replies (1)
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imtringued|6 years ago
[0] https://qz.com/1348969/europes-heatwave-is-forcing-nuclear-p...
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londons_explore|6 years ago
You just have to build the plants with slightly larger cooling towers and use slightly more cooling water.