MataVatnik@lemmy.world to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 9 hours agoAnon questions our energy sectorslrpnk.netimagemessage-square108fedilinkarrow-up1431arrow-down168cross-posted to: greentext@lemmy.ml
arrow-up1363arrow-down1imageAnon questions our energy sectorslrpnk.netMataVatnik@lemmy.world to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 9 hours agomessage-square108fedilinkcross-posted to: greentext@lemmy.ml
minus-squareblind3rdeye@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·4 hours ago only antimatter could provide more energy density, it’s insanely powerful. Nuclear energy indeed has very high energy per mass of fuel. But so what? Solar and wind power doesn’t even use fuel. So the energy density thing is a bit of a distraction.
minus-squaremEEGal@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·25 minutes agojust compare 1 ton of fissile fuel and 1 ton of Silicon or steel. how much power do you get out of it ?
Nuclear energy indeed has very high energy per mass of fuel. But so what? Solar and wind power doesn’t even use fuel. So the energy density thing is a bit of a distraction.
just compare 1 ton of fissile fuel and 1 ton of Silicon or steel. how much power do you get out of it ?