After a good google, assuming it's above board, I'm beginning to doubt those figures from the past claiming high energy input for the energy output of nuclear power? One example states that the energy produced is 93 times the total energy consumed which blew me away to be honest but is it correct?
If it is we could use nuclear power to produce the infrastructure for renewable energy and shut the others down as fast as we can.
Then you get articles like this one comparing the estimated gms of CO2 produced for each Kw/h of electricity generated and it shines less brightly with its legacy of highly toxic waste.
Technology g CO2 per kWh
Solar power, water power and wind power 10 - 40 Nuclear power plants 90 - 140 Combined heat and power in private houses 220 - 250 Gas buring plants 330 - 360 New coal burning plants 1'000 - 1'100
Confusing and lots of missinformation out there. How much uranium is really available, as in practical to recover if the world was nuclear powered? 5 years, 50 years?
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